Join Teams work meetings from Microsoft Teams (free) and vice versa

Microsoft Teams (Free) users can currently join Teams for work (or school) meetings only as guests, which requires them to use a browser and results in a sub-optimal experience. The new feature rolling out will allow these users to join Teams for work (or school) meetings in one click, without being redirected to the browser or asked to fill in their name/surname. They will also be able to continue collaborating with the meeting organizer and other participants via meeting chat after the meeting.  The feature will work in the opposite way as well, so Teams for work (or school) will just as easily be able to join meetings hosted by a Teams Free user with one click. This is associated with Roadmap ID: 167326

Advanced Communications add-on for Microsoft Teams

The Advanced Communications add-on was recently released for Microsoft Teams. This is a set of features you don't get with your regular E3 or E5 licenses. 

So what do you get for $12 per user (have in mind, only organizers of meeting need these licenses in order to use them).

Upon release:

  • Live events support for up to 20,000 participants, 50 concurrent events, event duration of 16 hours per broadcast.
  • Compliance recording integration (ISV)
  • Contact Center solution integration (ISV)

Coming later, but obviously in the works:

  • Interactive Teams meetings for up to 1,000 participants
  • Interactive Teams meetings for 1,000 participants with the capability to enable up to 20,000 in a view-only meeting experience
  • Custom branded meeting lobby
This last item, has also been announced in the Admin Center. The ability to add companywide, custom logos that will display in the pre-join screen and the lobby. Listed as Roadmap ID 67113

You can read more about the advanced licenses in the Teams documentation

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