Why are Organizers and co-organizers unable to edit online meeting settings for meeting created via API

Question

We are creating Teams Events & Online meetings via API and are adding co-organizers to the meeting so they can start/manage the online meeting. However neither the organizer account nor the co-organizers are able to edit any of the meeting options after the meeting is created. They can get to the Meeting Options page and toggle settings, but the save button is always disabled. Are we just unable to edit meeting options for meetings created via API? Is there an api parameter we could pass that would allow changes to be made via the MS Teams frontend?

Answer 1

It sounds like you're encountering a common issue when creating Teams Events and Online meetings via API. The problem you're describing, where neither the organizer nor the co-organizers can save changes to the meeting options, is indeed a known limitation.

Currently, the Microsoft Graph API for creating online meetings does not support editing meeting options directly through the Teams frontend once the meeting is created. This means that even though you can access the Meeting Options page and toggle settings, the save button remains disabled because the API does not pass the necessary parameters to enable these changes.

So, when creating the meeting via API, ensure that all necessary meeting options are set correctly at the time of creation. This includes settings like who can bypass the lobby, who can present, and other meeting policies.

Reference Document-https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/apps-in-teams-meetings/meeting-apps-apis?tabs=channel-meeting%2Cguest-user%2Cone-on-one-call%2Cdotnet3%2Cdotnet2%2Cdotnet%2Cparticipant-join-event%2Cparticipant-join-event1