Meetings, webinars and events
Planning and deploymentSet Up Events
In brief
The setup guide now uses capability-based labels such as “Events up to 1k attendees” and “Events optimized for a large audience” throughout its policy tables and instructions. The associated policy names and commands remain the same.
What Teams admins need to know
Use the updated labels when configuring or documenting event policies. No administrator action is required.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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| Teams admin center setting and value | PowerShell parameter and value | More information |
|---|---|---|
-AllowWebinars (Enabled,Disabled) |
Controls whether users with this policy can create events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars. | |
-AllowTownhalls (Enabled,Disabled) |
Controls whether users with this policy can create events optimized for large audiences, such as town halls. |
The combination of these policy settings determinedetermines how the Optimize for large audience option is applied in the scheduling form.
| Optimize for large audience behavior | Organizer capabilities | ||
|---|---|---|---|
On/Enabled(Default) |
On/Enabled(Default) |
- For events with up to 1,000 attendees, Optimize for large audience is off, and organizers can turn it on. - For events with more than 1,000 attendees, Optimize for large audience is on and can't be turned off. |
- Create events with up to 1,000 attendees. - Create events optimized for large audiences. |
Off/Disabled |
On/Enabled |
Optimize for large audience is on and can't be turned off. | - Create events optimized for large audiences. - Create view-only events with up to 10,000 attendees (with Q&A). |
- In the left navigation of the Teams admin center, go to Meetings > Events policies.
- Select an existing policy or create a new one.
- Complete the following steps:
- For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, turn the
WebinarsEvents up to 1k attendees toggle On or Off. - For events optimized for large audiences, such as town halls, turn the
Town hallsEvents optimized for a large audience toggle On or Off.
- For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, turn the
- Select Save.
If you change the value to Off after a user schedules an event, they can't run or start the event.
| Teams admin center setting and value | PowerShell parameter and value | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Who can attend |
-EventAccessType(Everyone,EveryoneInCompanyExcludingGuests,EveryoneInCompany) |
Controls who can attend events with up to 1,000 attendees (such as webinars) created by organizers with this policy. |
| Who can attend |
-TownhallEventAttendeeAccess(Everyone,EveryoneInOrganization,EveryoneInOrganizationAndGuests) |
Controls who can attend events optimized for large audiences (such as town halls) created by organizers with this policy. |
By default, both settings are set to Everyone. When users with this policy create events with up to 1,000 attendees or events optimized for large audiences, any user can attend.
- In the left navigation of the Teams admin center, go to Meetings > Events policies.
- Select an existing policy or create a new one.
- Complete the following steps:
- For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, in the Who can attend
webinarsevents up to 1k attendeesdropdown list, select one of the following:- Everyone
- Everyone in my organization excluding guests
- Everyone in my organization including guests
- For events optimized for large audiences, such as town halls, in the Who can attend
town hallsevents optimized for a large audiencedropdown list, select one of the following:- Everyone
- Everyone in my organization excluding guests
- Everyone in my organization including guests
- For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, in the Who can attend
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ms.author: v-lanchin author: LanaChin8 manager: v-jesserowe ms.reviewer: chbalaki-ms.date: 2026-10-07T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-11-10T00:00:00.0000000Z ms.topic: how-to ms.tgt.pltfrm: cloud ms.service: msteams@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ Use the Teams admin center or PowerShell to manage who can schedule and run even
| Teams admin center setting and value | PowerShell parameter and value | More information |
| --- | --- | --- |
-| **Webinars** (On,Off) | `-AllowWebinars` (Enabled,Disabled) | Controls whether users with this policy can create events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars. |
-| **Town halls** (On,Off) | `-AllowTownhalls` (Enabled,Disabled) | Controls whether users with this policy can create events optimized for large audiences, such as town halls. |
+| **Events up to 1k attendees** (On,Off) | `-AllowWebinars` (Enabled,Disabled) | Controls whether users with this policy can create events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars. |
+| **Events optimized for a large audience** (On,Off) | `-AllowTownhalls` (Enabled,Disabled) | Controls whether users with this policy can create events optimized for large audiences, such as town halls. |
-The combination of these policy settings determine how the **[Optimize for large audience](plan-events)** option is applied in the scheduling form.
+The combination of these policy settings determines how the **[Optimize for large audience](plan-events)** option is applied in the scheduling form.
-| Webinars | Town halls | Optimize for large audience behavior | Organizer capabilities |
+| Events up to 1k attendees setting | Events optimized for a large audience setting | Optimize for large audience behavior | Organizer capabilities |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **On**/`Enabled`(Default) | **On**/`Enabled`(Default) | - For events with *up to* 1,000 attendees, **Optimize for large audience** is off, and organizers can turn it on.<br>- For events with *more than* 1,000 attendees, **Optimize for large audience** is on and can't be turned off. | - Create events with up to 1,000 attendees.<br>- Create events optimized for large audiences. |
| **Off**/`Disabled` | **On**/`Enabled` | **Optimize for large audience** is on and can't be turned off. | - Create events optimized for large audiences.<br>- Create view-only events with up to 10,000 attendees (with Q&A). |
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ The combination of these policy settings determine how the **[Optimize for large 1. In the left navigation of the Teams admin center, go to **Meetings** > **Events policies**.
2. Select an existing policy or create a new one.
3. Complete the following steps:
- - For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, turn the **Webinars** toggle **On** or **Off**.
- - For events [optimized for large audiences](plan-events), such as town halls, turn the **Town halls** toggle **On** or **Off**.
+ - For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, turn the **Events up to 1k attendees** toggle **On** or **Off**.
+ - For events [optimized for large audiences](plan-events), such as town halls, turn the **Events optimized for a large audience** toggle **On** or **Off**.
4. Select **Save**.
If you change the value to **Off** after a user schedules an event, they can't run or start the event.
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Use the Teams admin center or PowerShell to manage who can attend events in your
| Teams admin center setting and value | PowerShell parameter and value | More information |
| --- | --- | --- |
-| **Who can attend webinars**(Everyone,Everyone in my organization excluding guests,Everyone in my organization including guests) | `-EventAccessType`(Everyone,EveryoneInCompanyExcludingGuests,EveryoneInCompany) | Controls who can attend events with up to 1,000 attendees (such as webinars) created by organizers with this policy. |
-| **Who can attend town halls**(Everyone,Everyone in my organization excluding guests,Everyone in my organization including guests) | `-TownhallEventAttendeeAccess`(Everyone,EveryoneInOrganization,EveryoneInOrganizationAndGuests) | Controls who can attend events optimized for large audiences (such as town halls) created by organizers with this policy. |
+| **Who can attend events up to 1k attendees**(Everyone,Everyone in my organization excluding guests,Everyone in my organization including guests) | `-EventAccessType`(Everyone,EveryoneInCompanyExcludingGuests,EveryoneInCompany) | Controls who can attend events with up to 1,000 attendees (such as webinars) created by organizers with this policy. |
+| **Who can attend events optimized for a large audience**(Everyone,Everyone in my organization excluding guests,Everyone in my organization including guests) | `-TownhallEventAttendeeAccess`(Everyone,EveryoneInOrganization,EveryoneInOrganizationAndGuests) | Controls who can attend events optimized for large audiences (such as town halls) created by organizers with this policy. |
By default, both settings are set to **Everyone**. When users with this policy create events with up to 1,000 attendees or events optimized for large audiences, any user can attend.
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ By default, both settings are set to **Everyone**. When users with this policy c 1. In the left navigation of the Teams admin center, go to **Meetings** > **Events policies**.
2. Select an existing policy or create a new one.
3. Complete the following steps:
- 1. For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, in the **Who can attend webinars**dropdown list, select one of the following:
+ 1. For events with up to 1,000 attendees, such as webinars, in the **Who can attend events up to 1k attendees**dropdown list, select one of the following:
- **Everyone**
- **Everyone in my organization excluding guests**
- **Everyone in my organization including guests**
- 2. For events [optimized for large audiences](plan-events), such as town halls, in the **Who can attend town halls**dropdown list, select one of the following:
+ 2. For events [optimized for large audiences](plan-events), such as town halls, in the **Who can attend events optimized for a large audience**dropdown list, select one of the following:
- **Everyone**
- **Everyone in my organization excluding guests**
- **Everyone in my organization including guests**