Town Hall events – available NOW
In place of Live Events (which have now been deprecated in Imperial), Microsoft are providing a new feature called Town Halls. This offers many of the features that were available in Live Events, such as anonymous audience viewing and a moderated Q and A using the Teams Q and A feature which has evolved and is available more generally across Teams meetings.
In addition, Microsoft have added a feature to Town Halls which allows additional presenters on the screen – so it is much easier to hold Q and A sessions with multiple presenters at the same time or for multiple speakers to appear on screen together.
To request access to schedule a Town Hall event, you will need to complete a new Town Hall request form. Please only complete this form (https://forms.office.com/e/jdi6yP53EQ) to request Town Hall capabilities if you need to deliver a large-audience meeting with anonymous, unseen audiences.
Webinars – Available NOW
If you want to run a webinar, which is more like a normal Teams meeting but with greater audience control and with a registration form, then please complete the Webinar request form at https://forms.office.com/r/RDq7yw8Vmv
Teams Premium License – Available NOW
We recommend purchasing a Teams Premium license through ICT to gain full functionality, including the advanced features in Town Halls and Webinars.
Teams Premium licenses enable all the registration and communications features in Town Halls and Webinars, and in Webinars, allow for the restriction of numbers and the ability to run a “wait list”.
In addition Teams Premium licenses offer AI meeting notes and tasks features in normal Teams Meetings.
To request a Teams Premium license (which costs £20 + VAT per user per licensing year (01/11 – 31/10) or part thereof) please complete the form on the ICT Service Desk pages (https://servicemgt.service-now.com/ask?id=sc_cat_item&table=sc_cat_item&sys_id=62ad78231b060a14557837b5464bcb97)