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Teams webinars vs meetings: differences and licensing

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Teams webinars vs meetings: differences and licensing

Teams webinars vs meetings: registration, the presenter and attendee model, capacity, the standard vs Premium split, and whether your event is a webinar at all.

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Who can join

Meeting: Anyone with the link, subject to lobby · Webinar: Registered attendees (or open registration)

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Registration form and confirmation email

Meeting: No · Webinar: Yes

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Attendee defaults

Meeting: Can unmute and share, subject to options · Webinar: Audience mode; presenters only

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Capacity

Meeting: Hundreds interactively; view-only overflow beyond · Webinar: Roughly a thousand interactive attendees (check the current figure)

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Breakout rooms

Meeting: Yes · Webinar: No

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Q&A

Meeting: Optional add-on · Webinar: Built in

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Reporting

Meeting: Attendance report · Webinar: Registration and attendance reports

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