Microsoft Teams: Updates to Teams Events licensing for business, frontline, and education customers

Microsoft Teams Events licensing is updated into foundational and advanced features, with advanced features requiring Teams Enterprise licenses. Teams Premium no longer includes Teams Events capabilities. Event attendee limits vary by license, with capacity packs needed for over 3,000 attendees. Changes roll out in September 2026. What and Why: We are updating how Microsoft Teams Events capabilities are organized by license type. Teams Events capabilities will be grouped into foundational event features and advanced event features. This update clarifies which licenses map to each category, attendee limits, and the relationship between Teams Enterprise and Teams Premium licensing. Foundational event features are available with eligible Teams licenses and support creating and running Teams events. Advanced event features are included with Teams Enterprise licenses and provide additional controls for event production, management, engagement, customization, and analytics. License categories: Segment Foundational event features Advanced event features SMB Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, and Premium Not included Frontline Microsoft 365 F1, Microsoft 365 F3, Office 365 F3 Not included Enterprise Not included Office 365 E1, E3, E5; Microsoft 365 E3, E5, E7 Education Office 365 A1, Microsoft 365 A1, Office 365 A3/A5 for Students, Microsoft 365 A3/A5 for Students Office 365 A3/A5 for Faculty, Microsoft 365 A3/A5 for Faculty Other Microsoft Teams Exploratory, Microsoft Teams Trial, Microsoft Teams Essentials Teams Premium Legacy Event capacity: Capability Foundational event features Advanced event features Number of events No limit No limit Maximum attendees with registration 1,000 3,000 Maximum attendees without registration 10,000 10,000 Many Teams Events capabilities moved from Teams Premium to Teams Enterprise in April 2026. The new Teams Premium license does not provide Teams Events capabilities. Customers who need all Teams Events features must assign organizers an eligible Teams Enterprise license. For Teams Events larger than 3,000 attendees, organizations need to purchase attendee capacity packs and assign the licenses to the event organizer. Attendee capacity packs enable events with up to 100,000 attendees. Microsoft reserves the right to enforce email one-time passcode verification for external event participants to protect service health and guard against fraud or abuse. This enforcement is not tied to a specific […]

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