
This gave our participants the ability to interact more naturally with the presenters, but perhaps at the expense of some control of the Meetup. Sydney UC is a more interactive and collaborative environment, so we opted to run the event in the tenant.

The event is streamed via an Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN), and as such there’s a lag between your presentation and its reception that prevents real-time interaction with participants. Microsoft Teams Live Events are ideal for larger “town hall” style one-to-many meetings, more like a city council meeting or other “broadcast” event. You have two options for a Teams Meeting – a normal “in-tenant” meeting, or a Live Event. Naturally it was going to be over Microsoft Teams.

We normally run these at a conferencing centre in the middle of the Sydney CBD, but circumstances dictated this one be held virtually. I recently co-hosted the May “Sydney UC” Meetup with fellow MVP Craig Chiffers.
