To help transition conferences from live events to virtual events, Microsoft has increased the free attendee limit for events hosted in Teams, Stream, and Yammer for a limited time in April. This increase in the attendee limit for Microsoft 365 live events has enabled organizations to host meetings and events with up to 20,000 attendees. However, throughout the year, Microsoft has extended the free period several times so that users can continue to host live events using their software. Now, however, the software giant has further extended the temporary limit increase to June 30, 2021.
Hosting virtual events with Microsoft
Through June of next year, live events running through Teams, Stream, or Yammer will continue to support up to 20,000 attendees, 50 events per tenant, and a maximum duration of 16 hours. If organizers need to host an even larger virtual event using Microsoft software, they can contact the Live Events Support Program to increase the number of attendees to 100,000. Once the new participant limit deadline passes next year, event planners will need to obtain an advanced communications license from the company to host events for more than 10,000 attendees or for events lasting more than four. hours. Although Covid-19 vaccines are now distributed around the world, it will still be some time before large in-person gatherings become commonplace. Until then, however, organizations and conferences can use Teams, Stream, or Yammer to host large virtual events.- We have compiled a list of all the equipment you will need to work from home successfully.