Capabilities of the Co-Organizer

A co-organizer can...

• Access and change meeting options
• Manage breakout rooms
• Bypass the lobby
• Admit people from the lobby during a meeting
• Lock the meeting
• Present content
• Change another participant's meeting role
• End the meeting for all

Limitations of the Co-Organizer

A co-organizer can not...

• Manage the meeting recording
• Remove or change the meeting organizer's role
• Change meeting options during Channel meetings

Assign Co-Organizers (Prior to a Meeting)

To add co-organizers to a meeting, make sure the individuals you want to add are required attendees of a meeting you have scheduled.

1. From your Teams Calendar, find and select your meeting, and click Edit; or double-click to open.
2. The details of the meeting will appear.  From the top menu, select Meeting Options
3. Scroll to find the Choose co-organizers field and select the drop-down to search for and select participants.
4. Click Save.

Assign Co-Organizers (During a Meeting)

Note: To add co-organizers to a meeting, the individuals you want to assign this role to must have already been a required attendee when invited to the meeting. If this has not yet been done, go to the Teams Calendar to access the meeting event.  Double-click the meeting event to fully open the meeting and see its details.  Add Required attendees.  Click or tap the Send Update button.

1. On the meeting controls bar on the top-right, select the More Actions ellipse (...) icon.  A drop-down menu will appear.  Select Meeting Options.
2.  The Meeting Options panel appears. Scroll to find the Choose co-organizers field and select the drop-down to search for and select participants.
3. Click Save.