🏢 How to use NEW Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams



In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how you can use the new breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams. Use breakout rooms to break into small groups during meetings. You can open and close rooms more than once during a session or move participants between rooms. Only meeting organizers can create and manage Breakout Rooms.

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– Microsoft Support Article on breakout rooms: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-and-manage-breakout-rooms-during-class-meetings-18b340cd-1106-4fa5-a852-5676614f7e7d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:27 Create breakout rooms
1:29 Manually assign participant to room
2:23 Recreate breakout rooms
2:56 Re-assign participants to new rooms
3:30 Room settings
4:18 Start rooms
5:09 Join room as organizer
5:44 Make an announcement
6:33 Close rooms
7:24 Review breakout room output
7:56 Wrap up

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This Post Has 30 Comments

  1. ABDesign

    Thanks for the presentation. I tried to fill the Breakout Rooms in advance of a coming meeting. it didn’t work. Is filling the Breakout Rooms only possible when the Teams meeting is live? If so, it feels a bit ridiculoos. You cannot present and fill Rooms at the same time.

  2. Jeff Kawalilak

    Excellent tutorials Kevin. They're all so helpful and user-friendly. Thanks for providing such meaningful content.

  3. love it thanks. Great they finally sorted out the breakout rooms. It was a pain trying to work around this previously.

  4. Chad K

    Thx so much for the easy tutorial. Moderating a meeting and using this session for assistance ! Thank you!

  5. Pedro Ramirez

    Thanks Kevin. Please, how someone ask for enter on a Breakout Room. Thanks.

  6. Daman Dev Sood

    I do not see the breakout rooms button in my Teams account and I am not able to create. Can somebody help? I have written to Microsoft but there is no response.

  7. Vandana Verlekar

    Can I set a timer for a break out room which will also indicate the time left for the meeting in the breakout room to end?

  8. Jenny Olson

    Question: Do I need to be the organizer/presenter to be able to use this feature?

  9. Chanel Hilaire

    My managers are currently using Zoom for breakout rooms (up to 120 participants), however are interested in moving to teams they use other Microsoft 365 apps. Is it possible to create breakout rooms before the meetings start with participants (uploading xcel spreadsheet)?

  10. Induk Cruz Lima

    Hi Kevin, if I'm already in a breakout room and I have set a time limit, is it possible to extend this time limit to 5 or 10 minutes more?

  11. Amelia Taylor

    Thanks for this quick tutorial! Using this feature next week at work for a group discussion on leadership – Cheers!

  12. Maryum Sateh

    Can you please tell me if breakout available on iPhone

  13. Hélène Peyo

    very nice video. I wish i could split the room upfront the meeting is starting!

  14. How does a team member can join main room from breakout for 5 mts and then rejoin back to the breakout room

  15. Miss Han MBA

    hello Kevin, I just wanted to know. if the session is being recorded.
    and we arranged breakout rooms will be included to save recordings?

  16. Hello. When I am sharing my screen as organizer and sending people to breakout rooms – will they still see my shared screen in their breakout room?

  17. M

    Your voice is irritating.

  18. Stanley N

    Thank you Kelvin for always simplifying your tutorials. Is it only the Organizer/Host that can create a Breakout Room or Can a participant be delegated to create Breakout Rooms

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