How to Create and Use Breakout Rooms on Microsoft Teams

If there are more than 300 people, you can’t create breakout rooms

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Updated onMarch 12, 2024

updated onMarch 12, 2024

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Breakout Rooms are great if you need to divide a large audience, and if you’re not familiar with this feature, this guide will show you how to create Breakout Rooms in Teams.

How can I create breakout rooms in Teams?

1. Create a breakout room before the meeting

2. Create a breakout room during the meeting

How can I use breakout rooms?

Before a meeting

For a channel meeting, you can open Teams, and navigate to the team channel, choose the Breakout rooms tab, then select Assign participants.

During a meeting

Before a meeting

During a meeting

Before a meeting

During a meeting

In case theBreakout room is not working, it could be due to an outdated Teams app or cache data; read this guide to learn about the solutions.

Also, before starting a meeting, it is wise to check the audio issue, and if you have aMicrosoft Teams echo problem during calls, read this guide. We also have an in-depth guide onshuffling in Teams meetings breakout rooms, so don’t miss it.

If you have any questions or suggestions on using Microsoft Teams Breakout rooms, feel free to mention them in the comments section below.

How to Create and Use Breakout Rooms on Microsoft Teams#

How can I create breakout rooms in Teams?#

1. Create a breakout room before the meeting#

2. Create a breakout room during the meeting#

How can I use breakout rooms?#

How to Create and Use Breakout Rooms on Microsoft Teams

How can I create breakout rooms in Teams?

1. Create a breakout room before the meeting

2. Create a breakout room during the meeting

How can I use breakout rooms?