Manage reactions in Teams meetings and events

APPLIES TO: Meetings Events

Overview

Reactions in Microsoft Teams meetings and events enhance communication and engagement by allowing participants to express their feedback in real time.

As an admin, you can use the Teams admin center or PowerShell to set the default value for reactions in your organizers' Meeting options. Organizers can change the setting for each meeting and event they create.

For more information about how users can use reactions, see Express yourself in Microsoft Teams meetings with live reactions.

Manage reactions

By default, meeting reactions are set to On in your organizers' Meeting options.

Using the Teams admin center

To manage the default value for meeting reactions, follow these steps:

1. In the left navigation of the Teams admin center, go to Meetings > Meeting policies.
2. Select the policy that you want to edit.
3. Under Meeting engagement, turn the Reactions toggle On or Off.
4. Select Save.

Using PowerShell

To manage the default value for meeting reactions, use the -AllowMeetingReactions parameter within the Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy cmdlet.

To set the default value for meeting reactions to Off for organizers with the policy, run the following command:

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

Related articles

• Express yourself in Teams meetings with live reactions
• Teams policy reference
• Assign policies to your users in Teams
• Teams PowerShell overview