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Setting up Webinar session for staffs.

Hi

We are using 0365 and one of our staff wanted to do a one-hour webinar for Continuing Professional Development sessions for all staff.

The requirements for the meeting are below:
•      It needs to be a live event
•      There needs to be a question and answer function so that staff can ask questions as the event takes place.
•      The speaker will like to share his screen and access the question and answer.
•      Also is it possible to track the staff that has watched the session live.

I have not used to set up this type of system. Please suggest are there any webinar software that I need to purchase?

Will zoom or teams be any good?

Any help and suggestions much appreciated

Thanks in advance

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Vasil Michev (MVP)

Teams Live events can do that, they only lack robust reporting capabilities: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-live-events/what-are-teams-live-events

And as you are already using O365, it will be free.

lianne143

ASKER

Please can you let me know the maximum number of participants that can participate on when we do a webinar through ZOOM.

Thanks

Hello There

You can check it here. The price of all products is fine.
https://zoom.us/pricing

Basic - free for 40minutes, 100 participants
Pro - unlimited meetings, 100 participants
Business - unlimited meetings, 300 participants
Enterprise - unlimited meetings, up to 1000 participants

lianne143

ASKER

I forgot one more point .The session also need to be recorded so that members of staff who are unable to be present are able to access at a later date. will that be possible with zoom.

Hello There

Yes, you can record with Zoom.

lianne143

ASKER

I checked with my staff and it will be a 1-hour session and participants would be between 100 - 150.
So basic version of zoom will not be able to achieve this?

Hello There

No, you have to go with the Business plan.

lianne143

ASKER

Please can you elaborate robust reporting capabilities means - on Teams

lianne143

ASKER

I am planning to do the Live event and the person who is going to do the webinar does not work for our organization and has a Gmail account.
If I create a 0365 mail account as Webinar@myorg.uk and pass the login details to him, he can log into teams and once he finishes the webinar, I can disable the account?

Please suggest, if this will work or if there are any other means of achieving this.

Hello There

This might work but test it first.

lianne143

ASKER

Apologies was not able to submit feedback earlier!
Thanks for your help