{"id":13029,"date":"2026-05-22T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:37:43","slug":"town-halls","status":"publish","type":"lessons","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licenseverse\/teams-meetings\/town-halls\/","title":{"rendered":"Town Halls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/plan-town-halls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Town Halls<\/a> are high-quality broadcasting events (of up to <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/limits-specifications-teams#meetings-and-calls:~:text=Microsoft%20Teams%20meetings%2C%20webinars%2C%20and%20town%20halls%20have%20a%20time%20limit%20of%2030%20hours.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30 hours<\/a>) that enable advanced event management with features such as automated email reminders, presenter controls, post-event reports, and recording downloads. In these events, the audience participation is primarily to view and react to the content being shared. When you set up an event you choose the level of engagement by choosing the maximum event capacity. You can have up to 10,000 attendees in View only mode where users can only participate in Q&amp;A. If you choose the 3,000 attendees option (below) then users can participate in more ways such as using reactions, raising their hands, or taking part in polls. You can increase the number of these more engaged attendees from 3,000 up to 100,000 using Teams Events Attendee Capacity Packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licenseverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/1074.jpg\" width=350 \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Licensing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Town Hall organizers need to be licensed. Microsoft\u2019s Modern Work Plan Comparison documents confirm that users can organize a Town Hall if they\u2019re licensed with one of the following Office 365\/Microsoft 365 plans aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/M365BusinessPlans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SMB<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/M365EnterprisePlans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enterprise<\/a> users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Microsoft 365 Business Basic\/Standard\/Premium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office 365 E1\/E3\/E5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft 365 E3\/E5\/E7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no licensing requirements for Town Hall attendees, who only require an <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/overview-meetings-webinars-town-halls#:~:text=Anyone%20invited%20can%20attend%20the%20meeting%20or%20event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">invite<\/a> to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teams Events Attendee Capacity Pack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <strong>April 1, 2026<\/strong>, Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/microsoftteamsblog\/licensing-updates-extend-access-to-advanced-capabilities-in-microsoft-teams-and-\/4488312?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-9501#:~:text=Attendee%20Capacity%20Pack%20add%2Don%20licenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/teams-add-on-licensing\/attendee-capacity-pack#:~:text=Attendee%20Capacity%20Pack%20for%20Teams%20events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teams Events Attendee Capacity Pack<\/a>. These licenses increase the attendee capacity of a Town Hall event from the default amount of 3,000 attendees up to a possible 100,000, and are available in the following sizes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5,000 attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10,000 attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20,000 attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35,000 attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50,000 attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>75,000 attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100,000 attendees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normally with a capacity pack type of license you\u2019d expect it to be assigned to the tenant. However, these Attendee Capacity Pack licenses are <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/attendee-capacity-pack-manage#assign-an-attendee-pack-to-an-organizer:~:text=available%20for%20assignment.-,Assign%20an%20attendee%20pack%20to%20an%20organizer,-To%20assign%20an\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assigned<\/a> to meeting organizers to enable them to create events that allow the larger number of attendees. It\u2019s worth noting that organizers, co-organizers, and presenters <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/teams-add-on-licensing\/attendee-capacity-pack#:~:text=Keep%20in%20mind%20that%20organizers%2C%20co%2Dorganizers%2C%20and%20presenters%20don%27t%20count%20toward%20the%20attendee%20limit.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">don\u2019t<\/a> count toward the attendee limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Licenses are assigned to meeting organizers in the Teams Admin Center, as shown in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cxcs.microsoft.net\/static\/public\/messagecenter\/neutral\/ecf1232c-aa5d-45cd-bd21-555b56a59963\/5cb4743a53ff1fe71172517c5cad7054b47ce299.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">snippet<\/a> below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licenseverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/1058.jpg\" width=650 \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to Microsoft\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/microsoftteamsblog\/licensing-updates-extend-access-to-advanced-capabilities-in-microsoft-teams-and-\/4488312?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-9501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teams licensing updates<\/a> from <strong>April 1, 2026<\/strong>, advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/events-features#:~:text=your%20organization%20yet.-,Town%20halls,-Event%20organizers%20can\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/events-features#:~:text=your%20organization%20yet.-,Town%20halls,-Event%20organizers%20can\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">features<\/a> for Town Hall events required a Teams Premium license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users licensed with a Teams Premium license before <strong>April 1, 2026<\/strong> could organize Town Hall events with up to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260206070655\/https:\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/plan-town-halls#:~:text=10k-,100k,-Concurrent%20events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">100,000<\/a> engaged attendees. They retain this right after April, but only until the end of the current term of their license. If they do decide to renew their Teams Premium license, they\u2019ll only be allowed the standard capacity of 3,000 engaged attendees and will need to purchase Attendee Capacity Pack licenses for bigger events. There\u2019s useful information in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Microsoft-Teams-Licensing-Updates-Customer-FAQ-April-2026-January-2026.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Microsoft-Teams-Licensing-Updates-Customer-FAQ-April-2026-January-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAQ<\/a> \u2013 search for \u201cOrganizers with an active Teams Premium license\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":3439,"menu_order":3,"template":"custom-single.php","lesson_category":[56],"class_list":["post-13029","lessons","type-lessons","status-publish","hentry","lesson_category-online-services","entry","no-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Town Halls - LicenseVerse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licenseverse\/teams-meetings\/town-halls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Town Halls - 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