Hello @Katy H
Thanks for reaching out!
Please follow this MS documentation to know about root causes and corresponding resolutions related to chat issues in Teams meeting.
For limiting users access to the chat, the meeting organizer needs to make sure that the number of attendees in the meeting is less than the maximum limit.
To know more about it, please refer to Meeting & Calls under Limits and specifications for Microsoft Teams.
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