How can I choose who can bypass the lobby in Microsoft Teams?

Choose who can bypass the lobby

As the meeting organizer, you get to decide who gets into your meetings directly, and who should wait for someone to let them in.

If you choose to have people wait, you (and anyone else allowed to admit people) will see a list of people in the lobby. From there you can choose whether to admit or deny them.

Who can bypass the lobby? 

What happens

Recommended when...

Only you

As the meeting organizer, only you can get into your meeting directly. Everyone else will wait in the lobby.

You want everyone else to wait in the lobby until you're ready to admit them.

People in my organization and guests

Only people in your org and guests (including those who have different email domains than yours) can get into your meetings directly.

You want all external people (anyone outside your org) to wait in the lobby so you can approve them one by one.

People in my organization and trusted organizations, and guests

Only people in your Teams org, external participants from trusted organizations, and guests can get into your meetings directly.

You want some external people to wait in the lobby so you can approve them one by one.

Everyone

Anyone who has access to the meeting link gets into the meeting directly, including people who call in.

You don’t want anyone to wait in the lobby. You want everyone to be able to join your meetings without specific approval.

Created: May 29, 2020 - 10:50am Updated: Feb 26, 2021 - 2:4am Author: UIT Support Center Article: 3037
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