In my personal MS 365 Tenant (Business Basic subscription), when I invite external users to a Teams meeting, they can join the meeting, but only after I, the organizer, join. I would like them to be able to join before I am there (or if I am not there at all). In the Meeting Options, I do have "Everyone" set for the option "Who can bypass the lobby?" Is there some other setting I'm missing to allow external guests to be able to join (in the Azure AD control panel?) the meeting at any time?
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I’m voting to close this question because do we have a Teams SE site?– Chopper3Commented Feb 15, 2023 at 18:04
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1@Chopper3 there is stackoverflow.co/teams, but that's "Stack Overflow for Teams", which is definitely not a SE site focused on Microsoft Teams.– MassimoCommented Feb 15, 2023 at 22:37
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@Chopper3 so how about rescinding your close vote since you are mistaken about there being a dedicated Teams site?– BrieCommented Feb 15, 2023 at 22:55
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Also: Love the driveby downvotes– BrieCommented Feb 15, 2023 at 22:56
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1Have you reviewed this document that explains the policy that needs to be set for this? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/…– Sam CoganCommented Feb 17, 2023 at 16:21
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Based on my own experience, I can say that it's NOT possible to circumvent the "lobby" as a guest user in Teams.
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I know it is possible, as it happens at my work - external accounts to my company can join meetings first.– BrieCommented Feb 15, 2023 at 23:01
Found the right option to adjust! The solution is to go to the Teams Admin Center -> Meetings -> Meeting Policies -> Manage Policies -> Global (Org-wide default) (or whatever your current appropriate policy is) -> Meeting join & lobby -> All options On and Who can bypass the lobby: Everyone. Guests no longer need to wait to join until the host arrives.