Meeting Roles & User Permissions

 

Meeting Roles

User Permissions

 

    Meeting Attendees


    Attendees

    Attendees are people invited to the meeting that are also members or owners of the Teams team or O365 Group the Agenda is saved in. They are defined as internal Attendees. 

    Meeting Admins

    Meeting Admins can manage the Agenda, and are attendees with one of the following roles in the Team/Group

    Organizer
      Created the meeting (Don't need to be owner in the team)
    Co-authors
       
      Agenda Co-author Added as a co-author for a specific agenda
      Permanent Co-author Added as permanent co-author. Will have access to manage agendas for all meetings in the team
    Owners
    User with the role  "Owner" in the Teams team the agenda is saved in 

    Members

    Members are attendees that are members of the Teams team or O365 Group the Agenda is stored in

    Member Member of the Teams team with a Microsoft account from the organization

    External Guest Member

    (External Team Member)

    Guest Member of the Teams team, invited as a guest in the organization and have a Microsoft account from a different organization

    Presenters/Contributors

    Presenters/Contributors are attendees that are assigned as responsible for an Agenda item

    Meeting Admin -  Presenter/Contributor Responsible or contributing to Agenda Item. Same as existing access
    Member - Presenter/Contributor Responsible or contributing to Agenda Item. Edit access to the specific Agenda Item only

     


    Guest Attendees

    Guest Attendees are people invited to the meeting who are not members or owners in the Teams Team or O365 Group team the Agenda is saved in. They can be people within your organization or outside of your organization. When the Team or Group is configured as private, they will by default not have access to the Agenda or files, but you can grant view/edit access to the full Agenda or to specific Agenda items.

    Note: The Teams Team or O365 Group needs to be configured to Private to restrict access for Guest Attendees within your organization. Otherwise, Guest Attendees will always have View Access.

    Guest Attendee (internal) - Within your organization  
      No access (Default) Don't have access to the agenda (unless it is a public Team/Group, then "Can View")
      Can view Can view all Agenda items and attachments
      Can edit Can view and edit all Agenda items and attachments
      No access + Topic Presenter/Contributor If they have "No Access" to the Agenda, but are assigned Presenter/Contributor for a topic, they will be able to see and edit that specific topic only.
    External Guest Attendee - Outside your organization   
      No Access (Default) Don't have access to the agenda or any files (regardless of public/private setting for Team/Group)
      Can view Can view all Agenda items and attachments
      Can edit Can view and edit all Agenda items and attachments
      No access + Topic Presenter/Contributor If they have "No Access" to the Agenda, but are assigned Presenter/Contributor for a topic, they will be able to see and edit that specific topic only.

     

    Guest Presenters


     

     

    Guest Presenter

    People not invited to the meeting can still be assigned a role on one or more Agenda items, and be given different levels of access for those specific Agenda items. These people can be internal within your organization or external, outside your organization. People assigned as Guest Presenter will receive specific invitations and access to the Agenda items they are responsible for.

    Guest Presenter (internal)  
    Topic - Presenter/Contributor Access to the specific agenda topic and can edit agenda item and upload files
    Topic - Read Access Read access to the assigned Agenda Items 
    External Guest Presenter  
    Topic - Guest Presenter/Contributor Access to the specific agenda topic and can edit agenda item and upload files
    Topic - Guest Read Access Read access to the assigned Agenda Items 

     

     


    User Permissions

    Attendees

      Attendee
      Meeting Admin  Member
    Functionality Owner

    Organizer        (not owner)

    Co-Author Member External Guest Member 
    See meeting invitation - Calendar event x x x x x
    Join Teams Meeting x x x x x
    View Full Agenda (Web/Teams) x x x x x
    Edit Full Agenda x x x    
    Create Tasks x x x x x
    View Tasks x x x x x
    View Decisions x x x x x
    Upload Files to Any Agenda Item x x x x x
    Minutes (Edit) x x x    
    My Notes x x x x x
    Generate Meeting Book x x x    
    Notify Attendees x x x    
    Manage Co-Authors x x x    
    Manage Suggested Agenda Items x x x    
    Notified about Suggested Agenda Item x x      
    Create Decisions x x x    
    Edit/Move/Delete Agenda Items x x x    
    Export Meeting Minutes x x x    
    Delete Meeting x x      
    Full Agenda Functionality x x      
    Update  Calendar Event with Agenda   x      
    Edit/Delete Proposed/Final Decisions x        
    Start a Vote x x x    
    Teams Settings x x      
    Create/Edit  Planner (Tasks)  integration x x      

     

    Guest Attendees

      Guest Attendees
      Default  Assigned a role
    Functionality Default  Can view Can Edit

    Default + Presenter/ Contributor

    Default + Read Access
    See meeting invitation - Calendar event x x x x x
    Join Teams Meeting x x x x x
    View Full Agenda (Web/Teams)   x x Only assigned item(s) Only assigned item(s)
    Edit Full Agenda     x Only assigned item(s)  
    Create Tasks          
    View Tasks          
    View Decisions          
    Upload Files to Any Agenda Item     x Only assigned item(s)  

     

    Guest Presenters

      Guest Presenter
      Guest Presenter (internal) External Guest Presenter
    Functionality  Presenter/ Contributor Read Access Presenter/ Contributor

    Guest Read Access

    See meeting invitation - Calendar event Separate invite for the specific time slot of Agenda item Separate invite for the specific time slot of Agenda item Separate invite for the specific time slot of Agenda item Separate invite for the specific time slot of Agenda item
    Join Teams Meeting If permittted If permittted If permitted If permitted
    View Full Agenda (Web/Teams) x x Only assigned item(s) Only assigned item(s)
    Edit Full Agenda Only assigned item(s)   Only assigned item(s)  
    Create Tasks