Limit presenter role permissions for your org
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Meetings Webinars Town halls
In Microsoft Teams, presenters have responsibilities related to presenting, sharing content and collaborating within the meeting or event. Presenters can mute attendees, change roles within the meeting, manage the lobby, and more.
If a meeting organizer has Who can present set to Everyone in their meeting options, anyone who the meeting link joins the meeting as a presenter. When meeting organizers have Who can present set to People in my organization in their meeting options, anyone in their org with the meeting link joins the meeting as a presenter. These meeting option configurations can lead to attendees who are presenters by default having too many controls when they attend meetings. Event organizers select presenters when they create the invite, but they might want their presenters to focus on giving the presentation and engaging with attendees.
As an admin, you can limit presenter role permissions for your tenant. Limiting presenter role permissions only applies to personal accounts, excluding Meeting Teams Rooms.
For a complete table of the permissions presenters have when you restrict their role permissions, see the Presenter capabilities section in this article.
To learn more about the roles meeting organizers can assign, see Roles in Microsoft Teams meetings.
Limit presenter role permissions using PowerShell
To limit presenter role permissions for your tenant, you must use the -LimitPresenterRolePermissions parameter within the CsTeamsMeetingConfiguration PowerShell cmdlet.
| Parameter value in PowerShell | Behavior |
|---|---|
| True | Presenter role capabilities are reduced in your tenant. Presenters can’t enable or disable attendees’ mics and cameras, change the roles of other participants, lower hands, or remove other participants from the meeting. |
| False | This is the default value. Presenters in this tenant can enable and disable attendee mics and cameras, change the roles of other participants, lower hands, and remove other participants from the meeting. |
To limit presenter role capabilities for tenants with this policy, use the following script:
Set-CsTeamsMeetingConfiguration -Identity <policy name> -LimitPresenterRolePermissions $true
Presenter capabilities
Here’s a complete table of the permissions that presenters have when you restrict their role permissions:
| Capability | Without policy to limit presenter role permissions | With policy to limit presenter role permissions |
|---|---|---|
| Change the roles of other participants | Yes | No |
| Disable attendee mics/cameras | Yes | No |
| Enable individual or all attendee mics/cameras | Yes | No |
| Lower hands | Yes | No |
| Remove participants | Yes | No |
| Mute other participants | Yes | No |
| Add or remove an app | Yes | Yes |
| Admit people from the lobby | Yes | Yes |
| Change app settings | Yes | Yes |
| Manage what attendees see 1 | Yes | Yes |
| Participate in meeting chat | Yes | Yes |
| Privately view a PowerPoint file shared by someone else | Yes | Yes |
| Share content | Yes | Yes |
| Speak and share video | Yes | Yes |
| Start or stop live transcription | Yes | Yes |
| Start or stop recording | Yes | Yes |
| Take control of someone else's PowerPoint presentation | Yes | Yes |
| Use an app | Yes | Yes |
| Attendance report | No | No |
| Change meeting options | No | No |
| Edit meeting details | No | No |
| Graph API Supported | No | No |
| Manage breakout rooms | No | No |
| Manage recording permissions | No | No |
| Reschedule or cancel the meeting | No | No |
1 When Manage what attendees see is enabled, presenters can still lower raised hands, and enable and disable attendees’ mics and cameras. You can enable Manage what attendees see through a meeting template or organizers can enable this option through their meeting options. To learn more about Manage what attendees see, see Manage the meeting presentation experience for sensitive Teams meetings.