Microsoft Teams – Joining a Teams Meeting as a Guest

1. In your email invite, click Join Microsoft Teams Meeting.
   
2. If prompted to open Microsoft Teams, click Cancel then select Watch on the web instead.
   
   1. If you are signed into Microsoft Teams through another Teams tenant, you may see this interface instead. Click Continue on this browser.
3. If prompted, select Allow to ensure your microphone and camera will function for the meeting.
   
4. Enter your name (1), choose whether to share video and audio upon joining (2), then click Join Now (3).
   
5. You should now be put into the meeting lobby. Organizers will receive a notification that you are waiting to be admitted.
   

1. In your email invite, click Join Microsoft Teams Meeting.
   
2. If prompted to Open Microsoft Teams?, click Open Microsoft Teams. Otherwise, select Launch it now.
   
   1. If you are signed into Microsoft Teams through another Teams tenant, you may see this interface instead. Click Open your Teams app.
      
3. Choose your audio and video settings, then click Join now.
   
4. You may now be put into the meeting lobby. Organizers will receive a notification that you are waiting to be admitted.
   

The guest interface is very similar to the normal Teams meeting interface. You can find instructions for many of these buttons and features on our dedicated guide for Microsoft Teams.

By default, Teams meetings at UVM are configured to allow guests to bypass meetings. However, the meeting Organizer can change this setting and control who is joining the meeting and when they are being admitted.

If a lobby is set for guests and you leave and rejoin the meeting, you will be placed back into the lobby, and must be readmitted by the meeting organizer.

If you see the message, “Only team member can chat. Ask the team owner to make you a member.“, you were likely added to a meeting that is hosted in a specific team channel.

You may still share your video, audio, and content, but unless you are added to the team by a team owner, you will be unable to participate in the team’s chat.

If you see the message, “Only meeting organizers and presenters can share“, you were likely configured to be an attendee of the meeting rather than a presenter. The meeting organizer can change your role in the meeting to permit you to share your screen or other content.