Roles in a Teams Session/Meeting

Microsoft Teams offers several roles for online class sessions and meetings. The table below details the capabilities of each role.

CAPABILITY	ORGANIZER ROLE	PRESENTER ROLE	CO-ORGANIZER ROLE	PRESENTER SUPPORT ROLE	ATTENDEE ROLE
Speak and share video	✔	✔	✔		✔
Participate in meeting chat	✔	✔	✔		✔
Share content	✔	✔	✔
Privately view a PowerPoint file shared by someone else	✔	✔	✔		✔
Take control of someone else's PowerPoint presentation	✔	✔	✔
Mute other participants	✔	✔	✔
Prevent attendees from unmuting themselves	✔	✔	✔
Remove participants	✔	✔	✔
Admit people from the lobby	✔	✔	✔
Change the roles of other participants	✔	✔	✔
Start or stop recording	✔	✔
Start or stop live transcription	✔	✔
Change meeting options	✔		✔
Add or remove an app	✔	✔	✔
Use an app	✔	✔	✔		✔
Change app settings	✔	✔	✔
Add/delete breakout rooms	✔			✔
Assign users to breakout rooms	✔			✔
Start/close breakout rooms	✔			✔
Re-assign users to breakout rooms	✔			✔
Send breakout room announcements	✔			✔
Recreate breakout rooms	✔			✔
Set breakout room timers	✔			✔

Questions?

Please contact the IT Services Help Desk for questions about Microsoft Teams.