Microsoft announce new limits for Breakout Rooms in Teams as of July 2026. Breakout Rooms were first introduced in 2020, providing sub meetings that a meeting organiser can manage centrally.

They let you split a large main meeting into smaller groups for focused discussion, brainstorming, and collaboration. Until now, a limit of 300 users and 50 Breakout Rooms applied, but this news means that those caps will automatically increase to 1,000 users and 200 rooms.

You can view the Message Center announcement here: https://bit.ly/4aBU4Y7, and a handy 5-minute YouTube video with a live demo of the feature here: https://bit.ly/4xzIo24.