With the introduction of Webinars to Microsoft Teams, when should you use them instead of a standard Teams meeting or Live Event? Since Teams now offers several methods to collaborate virtually, each with different strengths.
What makes a Webinar a Webinar?
Creating a Webinar in Microsoft Teams is just as easy as booking a normal Teams meeting, and the process is exactly the same. Webinars are Teams Meetings with extra functionality. If you are booking a Teams Meeting normally, you can turn on the registration requirement to make it into a webinar.
What separates a Webinar from a normal meeting is the added functionality, such as the registration page. The integrated registration page lets you create a page much like Eventbrite from right within the platform. Webinars should be used instead of normal Teams meetings when you want to require registration to an event.
When should you use a Live Event instead?
A live event is for broadcast purposes with no audience interaction capabilities. Unlike Teams Meetings, Live events do not provide the same level of interaction between presenters and audience members. Live events are great for delivering a presentation to a large audience that you do not need to interact with.
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