Teams Live Events: Schedule & Invite

To schedule the Live event, open Teams,

1. Select Calendar from the option on the left side of the screen.
2. Select the drop-down arrow by New meeting.
3. Select Live event.

On the New Live event invitation,

1. Enter the Title of the Live evet.
2. Invite people to the event group. This includes other producers and presenters.
3. Add the Location of the Live event.
4. Add the Date and Time for the Live event.
5. Add a Description for the Live event if desired.
6. Select Next.

In the event details, review and update the settings if needed.

1. Live event permissions – who can view the event.
2. How will you produce your live event? – Team or an external encoder (this tutorial is using Teams)
3. Event options – will the recording be available to attendees, attendee engagement report, will there be question and answers during the Live event.
4. Click Schedule when done.

The event is now scheduled. Select Close to close the event details dialogue. Once the event is scheduled, it will be on your calendar.

Once the Organizer scheduled the event, the presenter(s) will get an invite to the event via email. Click 'Join live event' when it's time for the live event.

Once the event is scheduled, you can invite people by viewing your Calendar in Teams and selecting the event in the calendar. 

Then, select Get attendee link from the invite and paste the link in social media, website, email, etc.