Roles in Microsoft Teams meetings

Assign different meeting roles in a Teams meeting to give people specific permissions. 

There are three roles to choose from: co-organizer, presenter, and attendee. Co-organizers and presenters share most organizer permissions, while attendees are more controlled.

Below are the capabilities for each role:

Limitations for Anonymous Presenters

Anonymous users who are promoted to the Presenter role during a meeting or webinar are restricted from performing presenter-level actions, including:

• Muting participants
• Removing participants
• Lowering raised hands

Change meeting roles

Before a meeting

You'll need to send out the meeting invite before you can assign roles.

To assign roles:

1. Select Calendar  in Teams.
2. Select an event and select Edit  > More options.
3. In Event, select Meeting options .
4. In Roles  > Choose co-organizers, search and choose people you want to make co-organizers.
5. Next to Who can present, designate who can present during the meeting.
6. Select Save.

A couple of things to keep in mind:

• Send a meeting invite directly to anyone you want to make a presenter.
• Co-organizers can't change a meeting before it starts.
• The role of meeting organizer can't be changed.

Note: The ability to select specific presenters isn't available for channel meetings. 

During a meeting

There are two ways to change someone's role during a meeting:

• Select People   in the meeting controls. Hover over a name and select More options  . Select Make a presenter or Make an attendee.
• Go to your Teams calendar. Double-click the meeting and select Meeting options > Roles  . Add a co-organizer from the Choose co-organizers dropdown menu. That person will be notified that they can present content and help facilitate the meeting.