Team - Breakout

How to use Breakout rooms in Teams.

Create breakout rooms
Start the meeting. In the meeting controls, select Breakout rooms  . Do the following: Select the number of rooms you want (50 max).  Choose w...
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Assign people to breakout rooms manually
Assign participants to each breakout room if you didn't do so automatically or need to reassign someone to another room. Note: Currently, people who j...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 12:29 PM
Rename the breakout rooms
If you want, rename each room to reflect its purpose (for example, what the people in that room will be working on). In the meeting controls, select Brea...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 12:30 PM
Set a time limit for breakout room sessions
When you set a time limit, a timer is visible in each breakout room so that participants are aware of when the session will end. When time is up, the rooms ...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 12:30 PM
Start using the breakout rooms
By default, meeting participants are moved to their assigned rooms as soon as you open them, but you can turn off this setting (see Turn off automatic entry...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 12:31 PM
Join a breakout room
As a meeting organizer, you can join any of the breakout rooms. In the meeting controls, select Breakout rooms  . Hover over the room and select More ...
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Leave a breakout room
In the meeting controls, select Return.
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Send an announcement to all breakout rooms
You may want to tell everyone the remaining breakout session time, offer discussion ideas, or just give general updates. In the meeting controls, select ...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 12:39 PM
Chat in breakout rooms
Each breakout room has its own chat. All of the chats are available in your main Teams Chat list. Here you can chat with the members of any breakout room...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 12:40 PM
Close breakout rooms
Close rooms individually In the meeting controls, select Breakout rooms  . Hover over the room and select More options   then Close room. Close ...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 12:48 PM