How to Use Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams

At the end of 2020, Microsoft released Breakout Rooms to Microsoft Teams. Breakout rooms serve to break larger meetings out into small groups. They are especially useful in educational settings, for online training, corporate events, or larger meetings with committees or brainstorming sessions.

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0:00 Intro
0:50 Creating A Breakout Room
3:19 Using Breakout Rooms
4:30 Organizer Features
6:17 Making Announcements
6:54 Wrap-up

Presenters: Ashley Jolman, Mitch Herrema

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Great content! Thank you! Questions please... How to create a private channel so guests cannot see it? And, is it possible to manage the "view only" permission on files for guests? Thank you