MC1227087 – M365 Change Digest

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Teams Meet app is being redesigned and renamed 'Events', offering a unified experience for webinars, town halls, and custom events with no admin control changes.

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RoadmapIds

547834

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Summary

Microsoft Teams is redesigning the Meet app into a unified Events app for streamlined creation, discovery, and management of webinars, town halls, and custom events. Rollout begins late February 2026 with no admin action needed. Existing meetings and policies remain unchanged.

Platforms

Desktop

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Updated May 12, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

[Introduction]

We are introducing a redesigned Meet app in Microsoft Teams that delivers a new, unified Events experience. This update modernizes how users create, discover, and manage events—bringing webinars, town halls, and custom events into a single streamlined workflow. Users will continue to access their current Meetings and Audio recap experiences without any disruption.

Please note that with this change, the app will also be renamed to "Events". Existing Webinar and Town hall policies will continue to be honored in the new Teams Events experience.

Screenshot 1: Discover experience for attendees showing Events happening now and upcoming

user settings

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web and is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 547834.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late February 2026 (previously early February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2026 (previously mid-February).
General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-June 2026 (previously early April) and expect to complete by late June 2026 (previously late April).

[How this will affect your organization:]

Who is affected:

All users who currently use the Meet app in Microsoft Teams.
Applicable across all Teams clients where the Meet app is available.

What will happen:

Users will see the redesigned Meet app with a modernized, unified Events experience.
A centralized Events hub to create, edit, and track events.

Screenshot 2: Manage all your events in different stages

user settings

Simplified scheduling for custom events, webinars, and town halls using templates.

Screenshot 3: New simplified scheduling form

user settings

Custom events created using Create from scratch will automatically honor the appropriate policy set—Town hall policies for broadcast‑type events and Webinar policies for collaborative events.
Ability to schedule events using shared and delegate mailboxes.
Event landing pages with Q&A and Polls.
Seamless upgrade path for current Webinars and Town halls.
A redesigned Events home to help users discover and revisit events.

Screenshot 4: Event landing page for Attendees to engage before or after event

user settings

Meetings and Audio recap remain accessible via a continuity banner.
No impact on existing events.
No changes to admin controls.
Classic Meet remains available during preview and general availability.

[What you need to do to prepare:]

No administrative action is required.

Review and update internal training and communication materials.
Inform event organizers of the upcoming unified Events experience.
Encourage users to pin the Meet app in Teams.
Share training resources within your organization.

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.

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