Manage reactions in Teams meetings and webinars

• Applies to:

  Microsoft Teams

APPLIES TO: ✔️Meetings ✔️Webinars ✖️Town halls

As an admin, you can manage whether organizers can include reactions in their meetings and webinars through the Teams admin center or using PowerShell. Reactions are enabled by default.

This setting sets the default for new meetings. Meeting organizers can change the setting for each meeting that they create.

To set the default for meeting reactions in new meetings:

1. In the Teams admin center, expand Meetings and select Meeting policies.
2. Select the policy that you want to edit.
3. Scroll to the Meeting engagement section.
4. Toggle the Reactions setting On or Off.
5. Select Save.

To configure the setting in PowerShell, use the -AllowMeetingReactions parameter within the PowerShell Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy cmdlet.

To turn off meeting reactions, use the following script:

Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy -Identity <policy name> -AllowMeetingReactions Disabled

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