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Updated September 19, 2025: We have updated the content with additional information OR resources.
Introduction
We’re introducing the Raise Hand feature in Microsoft Teams Town Hall for Premium users. This enhancement improves audience engagement by allowing attendees to signal when they’d like to speak or ask questions, creating a more interactive and inclusive experience during large-scale events. This message applies to Teams for Android, iOS, Web, Desktop and Mac.
This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 499889.
When this will happen:
- Targeted Release: Begins in early October 2025 and completes in mid-October 2025.
- General Availability:
- Worldwide: Begins in mid-October 2025 and completes in late October 2025.
- GCC and GCC High: Begins in late October 2025 and completes in late November 2025.
How this affects your organization
Once available, organizers of Town Hall events with Premium licensing will see the Raise Hand option enabled by default. Attendees can use this feature to request speaking opportunities, which helps moderators manage participation more effectively.
A meeting option will be available to organizers to disable Raise Hand for attendees if desired, providing flexibility for different event formats and moderation styles.
This feature is on by default for eligible users and does not require manual enablement.
What you can do to prepare
- Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability.
- Inform Teams Premium users about the new meeting option to manage attendee interactions.
- No admin action is required to enable this feature.
Compliance considerations
| Does the change provide a new way of communicating between users, tenants, or subscriptions? | No |
| Does the change include an admin control and can it be controlled through Entra ID group membership? | Yes. The feature is available only to organizers with Teams Premium licenses, which can be managed via Entra ID group membership. Organizers also have the option to disable the raise hand feature. |
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Introduction
We’re introducing the Raise Hand feature in Microsoft Teams Town Hall for Premium users. This enhancement improves audience engagement by allowing attendees to signal when they’d like to speak or ask questions, creating a more interactive and inclusive experience during large-scale events. This message applies to Teams for Android, iOS, Web, Desktop and Mac.
This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 499889.
When this will happen:
- Targeted Release: Begins in mid-September 2025 and completes in mid-September 2025.
- General Availability:
- Worldwide: Begins in early October 2025 and completes in mid-October 2025.
- GCC and GCC High: Begins in mid-October 2025 and completes in late October 2025.
How this affects your organization
Once available, organizers of Town Hall events with Premium licensing will see the Raise Hand option enabled by default. Attendees can use this feature to request speaking opportunities, which helps moderators manage participation more effectively.
A meeting option will be available to organizers to disable Raise Hand for attendees if desired, providing flexibility for different event formats and moderation styles.
This feature is on by default for eligible users and does not require manual enablement.
What you can do to prepare
- Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability.
- Inform Teams Premium users about the new meeting option to manage attendee interactions.
- No admin action is required to enable this feature.
Compliance considerations
| Does the change provide a new way of communicating between users, tenants, or subscriptions? | No |
| Does the change include an admin control and can it be controlled through Entra ID group membership? | Yes. The feature is available only to organizers with Teams Premium licenses, which can be managed via Entra ID group membership. Organizers also have the option to disable the raise hand feature. |
Updated September 19, 2025: We have updated the content with additional information OR resources.
Introduction
We’re introducing the Raise Hand feature in Microsoft Teams Town Hall for Premium users. This enhancement improves audience engagement by allowing attendees to signal when they’d like to speak or ask questions, creating a more interactive and inclusive experience during large-scale events. This message applies to Teams for Android, iOS, Web, Desktop and Mac.
This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 499889.
When this will happen:
- Targeted Release: Begins in early October 2025 and completes in mid-October 2025.
- General Availability:
- Worldwide: Begins in mid-October 2025 and completes in late October 2025.
- GCC and GCC High: Begins in late October 2025 and completes in late November 2025.
How this affects your organization
Once available, organizers of Town Hall events with Premium licensing will see the Raise Hand option enabled by default. Attendees can use this feature to request speaking opportunities, which helps moderators manage participation more effectively.
A meeting option will be available to organizers to disable Raise Hand for attendees if desired, providing flexibility for different event formats and moderation styles.
This feature is on by default for eligible users and does not require manual enablement.
What you can do to prepare
- Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability.
- Inform Teams Premium users about the new meeting option to manage attendee interactions.
- No admin action is required to enable this feature.
Compliance considerations
| Does the change provide a new way of communicating between users, tenants, or subscriptions? | No |
| Does the change include an admin control and can it be controlled through Entra ID group membership? | Yes. The feature is available only to organizers with Teams Premium licenses, which can be managed via Entra ID group membership. Organizers also have the option to disable the raise hand feature. |
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