Major Update for the New Webinar Experience in Microsoft Teams

If your organization used Microsoft Teams Webinar basic features that are controlled via Teams Meeting Policies for event registration and attendance report? It's time to transition to the new webinar experience. 

Webinar basic functionality -

Earlier, Webinar basic functionality is managed on the Teams Meeting Policies (Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy). The webinar scheduled with the old experience will continue to work.

New Webinar functionality -

The new webinar experience uses meeting registration and many new features, including,

• Dedicated event and registration page for your webinar
• Co-organizers
• Presenter bios on the event page
• Registration status overview and management

All newly created webinars will have a new experience. The new experience is controlled by the Teams Event Policy (Set-CsTeamsEventPolicy).

Implement new webinars experience -

Currently, you can manage Webinar features via PowerShell Only.

Turn-On Webinar -

Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy -Identity Global -AllowMeetingRegistration $True -AllowWebinars $Enabled --EventAccessType Everyone

Webinar Experience migration from Basic to New Enhanced 

• AllowMeetingRegistration - will only control whether the required registration option is available in Teams meetings. The required registration option's availability does not impact the new webinar experience.

• AllowWebinar - will only control whether there will be a webinar entry point with the new webinar experience under the new meeting dropdown in Teams Calendar.