Today’s Teams Tips - 11 February 2021

Meeting organisers can now choose whether to enable or disable the chat function in meetings. You can set your preference before the meeting actually starts, or while it is happening in real time. So if, for example, you need your attendees to pay particular attention to something being presented, you can turn off the chat for a short period of time to prevent distractions. Chat options. There are three options available: Enabled (default) - allows chat at any time Disabled - this makes the chat read-only and no one including the meeting organiser can send messages In-meeting only - participants can only send messages during the meeting but the organiser can continue to send messages after the meeting ends. In-meeting only. This last option is particularly useful because it restricts the chat to that specific meeting and stops it from continuing once the meeting has finished.