The new PeopleCert Plus exclusive addresses an important gap in the digital transformation journey: how to effectively use ITIL® to navigate and lead transformative change. While many organizations recognize the value of ITIL in managing IT services, few resources have bridged the theory with practical guidance for real-world transformation initiatives. PeopleCert now have the “ITIL How to Implement Official Book” that offers clear, actionable insights into aligning ITIL practices with strategic change, enabling leaders to harness ITIL not just as an operational tool, but as a catalyst for enterprise-wide value creation. By doing so, it fulfils an urgent need for structured, adaptable guidance in an era where transformation is constant and complexity is the norm.
ITIL How to Implement includes:
· A transformation model: four layers, twelve stages, and twenty-four steps.
Three types of patterns: initiation patterns, governance patterns, and execution patterns.
A toolbox: description of twenty six methods and tools supporting various transformation activities.
The guidance in this book is flexible, structured, scalable, innovative, and supported by proven concepts, methods, and tools. ITIL How to Implement addresses the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous nature of today’s business and technology environments and helps organizations to find the balance between manageability and flexibility.
The transformation model
The transformation model offered by this guidance includes layers, stages, and steps. The layers apply to any transformation; the stages and steps vary depending on the selected execution pattern.
Figure 3.1 The four layers of the transformation model
The four layers are governance, positioning, execution, and learning.
Governance: direction and boundaries are established while allowing for flexibility. Effective governance creates alignment between transformation and organizational strategy, ensuring efforts deliver meaningful value while preventing excessive control.
Positioning: the best-fitting approach for each situation is determined through contextual assessment. Through positioning, applying standardized methods to diverse contexts is avoided by matching approaches to the actual nature of each challenge.
Execution: changes are carried out using methods matched to context–whether ordered, complex, or chaotic. Through execution, opportunities are transformed into real-world actions through appropriate activities and techniques based on contextual understanding rather than habit.
Learning: insights are captured to improve current work and build future capability. Mechanisms are created to gather information, extract meaning, and apply understanding in ways that enhance transformation effectiveness over time.
The patterns
The guidance describes three types of patterns:
Execution patterns: describe how the execution of initiatives and activities within a transformation varies depending on the complexity of the context; this guidance covers ordered, highly predictable contexts, complex environments where traditional approaches designed for ordered contexts are not effective, and unpredictable contexts when an urgent need (e.g. a significant external event) requires the organization to transform in order to move from a chaotic to a manageable state.
Initiation patterns: describe common triggers of transformations at the organization and SVS level, and explain their impact on the transformation layers, stages, and steps so that the approach to change is clear and consistent.
Governance patterns: help organizations to understand their established approach to governance, as well as identify and adopt the optimal approach to the governance of a particular transformation. When the established BAU governance pattern is not suitable, the ITIL How to Implement Official Book helps to bridge the gap and maintain effective oversight throughout the transformation.
Methods and tools
The How to Implement Official Book includes twenty six methods and tools that may be used at different stages of the transformation model. Descriptions of the transformation model stages, steps, and patterns include references to the relevant methods and tools.
What is in it for you?
This Official Book has four key target audiences:
Sponsors and owners of transformation initiatives: Sponsors or owners are accountable for setting the direction, securing support, and ensuring successful outcomes from the transformation. This guide provides a flexible model to align transformation goals, enable effective governance, empower teams, monitor progress, and utilize the right tools for lasting success.
People involved in carrying out the transformation work: This guide provides managers and teams with a practical, step-by-step approach to manage transformation by defining and adapting activities across governance, positioning, execution, and learning layers. It helps apply the right execution pattern while aligning work with transformation goals using initiation patterns. The guide also offers a toolbox of methods and tools to support each step and encourages professional development focused on relevant practices.
People affected by the transformation: This guide helps those involved in organizational transformation understand what to expect and how to participate. It explains how transformations are planned and executed through a flexible model that considers stakeholder needs, clarifies how governance patterns affect decision-making and opportunities for involvement, highlights how execution patterns influence the pace and style of change, and provides insights to support professional growth and career development.
Consultants supporting transformation initiatives: Consultants bring external expertise to help organizations navigate transformations by diagnosing needs with initiation patterns, recommending appropriate governance models, coaching on tailored execution patterns, guiding the application of the transformation model with suitable tools and facilitation, and introducing proven methods for engagement, analysis, planning, and evaluation.
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If you remember Bill Gates as CEO of Microsoft, you might remember the MS-DOS Editor, which, when introduced in 1991, was revolutionary in the early days of GUI-based computing. Microsoft recently modernized it in an open-source tool called Edit, built with Rust, and which works on macOS and Linux systems as well as Windows.
You need to be logged in to get to the password information.
To access the control panel network connections use the ncpa.cpl tool by selecting the Windows +r keys, type in the “ncpa.cpl” and select run.
Ncpa.cpl is a file associated with the Network Connections control panel in Windows, which allows users to manage network adapters and settings.468 It can be accessed by typing “ncpa.cpl” in the Run dialog box (Windows + R) or by navigating to the Control Panel and opening Network Connections.46 The file is safe and should not be considered a threat to your computer.2
The acronym “NCPA” stands for Network Connections Properties and Adapters.3 This tool is particularly useful for network administrators and users who frequently need to adjust network settings.
Right Click the desired Wireless Network connection from the list.
Select Status from the dropdown list.
Select Wireless Properties
On the “Wireless Network Properties” open the Security tab
If you have a Teams account, select Sign in to join with access to the meeting chat and more. You’ll then join the meeting right away or enter the lobby until an organizer admits you.
Join a meeting organized by a Teams personal account user
Use your Teams account to attend a meeting set by a Teams personal account user. You can join from your Teams calendar. If someone sends you a meeting invite in Chat, select the link and select Join now.
In Teams, select Calendar to see your meetings.
Find the meeting you want to attend and select Join.
You’re not required to switch between Teams personal use and Teams (work or school).
If you join a meeting on Teams for personal use, you’ll join the meeting with your personal Teams account. The Microsoft Privacy Statement governs data for meetings with personal Teams accounts.
Enter a meeting ID and passcode. You can find the meeting ID and passcode:
In the meeting details from your Teams calendar. Select Details > Show meeting info.
At the bottom of your Teams meeting invite email.
3. Select Join meeting to join the meeting as a participant.
Join in a channel
If a meeting takes place in a channel, you’ll see an invitation to join, relevant content, and who’s in the meeting right in the channel. Just select Join .
Join from chat
To start or join an instant meeting from a group chat:
Open the group chat you want to start an instant meeting in.
At the top of the chat, select Meet now.
If an instant meeting starts in a group chat, you’ll be able to see see from the chat list that a meeting has started.
You can open the group chat and select Join to enter the meeting.
Select the live indicator at the top of the group chat to view participants.
Select Ring others to join to notify others in the group chat about the instant meeting.
Select Leave from your call window to leave the meeting.
Dial in or out to join a Teams meeting with your phone or invite someone else by calling their phone. If you see a phone number and conference ID in your meeting invite, dialing into the meeting is available. To learn more, see Join a Teams meeting by phone.
Note: If you can’t find a phone number in the meeting invite, contact your IT admin.
To dial out to your phone to join a meeting:
Select Calendar in Teams.
Select a meeting.
Select Join.
Select more join options from the pre-join screen.
Select Call me.
Enter the phone number you want to be called from and select Call me.
When you answer the call, say “OK” or press 1 to join, depending on org settings.
Hang up or select Disconnect in the meeting window to end your phone call.
To dial out to another person’s phone during a meeting:
Select People in your meeting controls.
Add their phone number in Invite someone or dial a number.
Select Add phone.
The person will be called and will need to say “OK” or press 1 to join the meeting, depending on org settings.
Join anonymously or from a different account
To join a Teams meeting with a different account:
Select the meeting in your Teams calendar.
Select Join.
Select Change at the top of the meeting pre-join screen.
Select the account you want to join the meeting with.
If you don’t see the account you want to join from, select Add another account. Then, add an existing account, or select Create or use another account to create or sign into a new one.
Select Join to enter the meeting.
To join a Teams meeting anonymously:
Select the meeting in your Teams calendar.
Select Join.
Select Change at the top of the meeting pre-join screen.
Select Join without signing in.
Type your name in at the top of the pre-join screen.
Select Join to enter the meeting.
Connect to a room while you join
Before you join a Teams meeting, you can connect to a meeting room and use its audio and video devices.
To connect to a room:
Join your meeting. Before you enter, wait for a room to be detected.Important: Enable Bluetooth on your device to detect rooms nearby.
Select Room audio and confirm the room you want to connect to.
Note: Select X to close a suggested room and search for a different one. Rooms with the Cast icon are in close proximity.
Select Join now.
Edit your display name
Note: Editing your display name is available as part of the public preview program and might undergo further changes before being released publicly. To get access to this and other upcoming features, switch to Teams public preview.
Customize your presence during a Teams meeting by editing your display name.
To change your name:
Select People in your meeting controls.
In the Participants pane, hover over your name and select More options > Edit display name.
Enter a name and select Save.
Your edited name will remain throughout the duration of the meeting.
Join a meeting as an avatar
You can join any Teams meeting as a personalized avatar by following the instructions here .
Join a meeting without an account in Microsoft Teams
You can join a Teams meeting anytime, from any device, without signing into a Teams account.
Important: For some meetings, admin settings prevent unverified people from joining the meeting. Depending on the meeting, you may have to enter a one-time passcode sent to your email or create a Teams account.DesktopMobile
Join the meeting before it starts to test your setup from the pre-join screen. From there, you can enter the meeting up to 15 minutes before its start time to troubleshoot or see how Teams works. Meeting participants and organizers will be notified when you enter the meeting.
To join a Teams meeting without signing into an account:
Open the meeting invite and select the link next to Join or Click here to join the meeting.
When prompted, select Continue on this browser or Join on the Teams app. You don’t need to install the Teams app to join the meeting.
You can join Teams for web on Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. You may be prompted to give Teams access to your mic and camera. When you select Allow, you can always turn off your mic and camera once you join the meeting.
Select Join now.
In meetings where admin settings prevent unverified people from joining, you’ll be prompted to enter your email address. Enter your email address and select Next. Enter your password if you already have a Microsoft account or select Send code and enter the one-time passcode sent to your email if you don’t have an account. Once verified, select Join now.
Note: People who are signed in will have access to more meeting features than those who aren’t signed in.
If you enter the meeting lobby, wait for someone in the meeting to admit you. If no one admits you within 30 minutes, you’ll be removed from the lobby. If that happens, you can try rejoining.
Depending on how you joined the meeting, other participants will see a label next to your name. If you joined:
without entering your email address, everyone will see Unverified next to your name.
using a one-time code sent to your email, everyone will see Email verified next to your name.
with your Microsoft account, everyone will see External next to your name.
Select Admit to let them right into the meeting, or View lobby to see a list of everyone in the lobby and admit or deny them.
Note: Anyone who doesn’t have a Teams account and joins the meeting without entering a one-time passcode sent to their email will be labeled Unverified. Anyone who doesn’t have a Teams account and joins the meeting after entering a one-time passcode sent to their email will be labeled Email verified. To learn more about people with guest access, see Work with external guests.
I can’t join a meeting in Microsoft Teams
If you can’t immediately join a Teams meeting, there are several possible reasons:
You’re waiting in the lobby: Some organizers might place attendees in a lobby before admitting them into the meeting. Wait for someone to admit you, or reach out to the organizer directly to be let in.
Your internet browser isn’t supported: Teams doesn’t currently support Safari for Mac. If you’re joining a Teams meeting from the web, try joining from Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or other supported browsers.
Your internet connectivity is low: If your internet connection is low, you may not be able to join a Teams meeting right away. Try waiting for your connection to improve, joining from your supported mobile device, or reaching out to your internet provider.
Security policies for the meeting are preventing you from joining: If a meeting organizer enables end-to-end encryption for a meeting, you might have limited access to join. Try reaching out to the organizer to be let in.
In Teams, you might receive a message about why you’re unable to enter a meeting. Here are the different messages you might encounter and how to resolve them.
“Sign in to join this meeting”
If you see this message, the meeting doesn’t allow people to join unless they’re signed in with a Teams work or school account. You might need to take extra steps to join:
If you’re joining from a meeting link or as an anonymous user, make sure you’re signed into your Teams work or school account.
If you’re the meeting organizer and want people to be able to join your meeting without signing in, contact your IT admin (learn more here). Changes from your IT admin may take up to 24 hours to take effect.
“Sign in with a different account to join this meeting”
If you see this message, the policies set by your or the meeting organizer’s org prevent you from accessing the meeting. You might need to take extra steps to join:
Make sure you’re signed into the account the invite was originally sent to.
If you’re the meeting organizer and you want to allow people from other orgs to join your meeting, contact your IT admin (learn more here). Changes from your IT admin may take up to 24 hours to take effect.
“This meeting is locked.”
After a meeting starts, organizers can lock the meeting to prevent new participants from entering.
Reach out to the meeting organizer to let them know you’re having trouble joining. If they unlock it, you can try joining again.
“Your organizational policy does not allow you to join this meeting”
You can’t join because the organizer has enabled end-to-end encryption for their meeting. Contact the organizer to let them know you’re having trouble joining.
“The meeting lobby is full right now.”
If the lobby is full, wait a few minutes before trying to join again. You may be able to enter if other attendees join the meeting or leave the lobby. For more on lobby settings, see Using the lobby in Teams meetings.
“Sorry, no one has responded to your request to join.”
If you get this message after 30 minutes of waiting, your request has timed out.
Check to make sure you’re joining from the correct meeting link and try again.
Reach out to the meeting organizer to make sure your request is seen.
Start an instant meeting in Microsoft Teams
If you don’t have meeting scheduling capability in Outlook or Teams, starting an instant meeting is a great option. Just like with scheduled meetings, everyone who attends your meeting will continue to have access to the meeting chat, the recording, and anything else people share in the meeting (like files and meeting notes), even after the meeting ends.
There are a couple of different ways to get an impromptu meeting going with just a few clicks.
From your calendar
Go to Calendar on the left side of Teams, then select Meet now in the upper right corner.
Edit the Meeting name and select Get a link to share to share a link to the meeting.
If you select Get a link to share, you’ll have the option to select Configure meeting options, where you can change meeting options.
When you’re ready, select Start meeting to open the meeting pre-join screen.
Select Join now to enter the meeting.
In a channel
To start an instant channel meeting:
Choose the channel you want to meet in from your chat and channels list.
In the Posts tab, look for Meet in the top-right corner.
From the drop-down menu, select Meet now.
To keep the context of a specific conversation, choose Reply below any post, then Meet now under the compose box.
Select Join now to enter the meeting.
From a group chat
Instant meetings in group chats are a way to meet with members of a chat spontaneously, without disrupting or ringing others. Group chat meetings are also a way to make sure meeting recordings and messages all stay in the same place.
To start an instant meeting from a group chat:
Open the group chat you want to start an instant meeting in.
At the top of the chat, select Meet now .
After you start an instant meeting in a group chat, others will see from their chat list that a meeting has started in that group chat.
They can open the group chat and select Join to enter the meeting.
Select the live indicator at the top of the group chat to view participants.
Select Ring others to join to notify others in the group chat about the instant meeting.
To ring individual people, select their names and select Ring.
To ring everyone who isn’t in the instant meeting, select Ring all.
Select Leave from your call window to leave the instant meeting.Note: If you’re not the last person to leave an instant meeting, you can rejoin by opening the group chat and selecting Join. When the last person leaves the meeting, everyone will be notified that the meeting has ended.
From chat using commands
Start an instant meeting in any chat using commands.
To start an instant chat meeting:
Open the chat conversation you want to start an instant meeting in.
After you join the meeting, you’ll see a prompt to invite others.
Select Copy meeting link to copy and share a link to the meeting that others can click to join.
Select Add participants to open People > Participants in the meeting, where you can search attendee names into the Invite someone or dial a number field. Hover over someone’s name and select Request to join to call them into your meeting.
Select Share via default email to launch your default email app with an automatically generated email invite. Enter recipients and send the email to invite them.
You can always add people later by selecting People in your meeting controls. Select Share invite to notify others about your meeting via link or email.
To rejoin the same meeting anytime, find the meeting chat in your chat list and select Join.
A passphrase is best used to enhance security by providing a longer and more memorable alternative to traditional passwords. Passphrases are typically longer than passwords, often consisting of four or more words, which makes them harder to crack through brute force attacks. They are easier to remember than random strings of characters, reducing the likelihood that users will write them down or use simple, easily guessed phrases.
To create a strong passphrase, follow these guidelines:
Use at least four words, each with four or more letters.
Include spaces between words to increase complexity.
Consider using a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters to add complexity.
Avoid common phrases, song lyrics, or easily guessed sequences.
Use a passphrase generator or a method like diceware to ensure randomness (in my view not recommended as you could leave a trace of the phrase online).
Store your passphrases securely using a password manager.
For example, a passphrase like “flew cat book through there!” is easier to remember and harder to crack than a complex password like “p%9y#k&yFm?”.
Using a passphrase can significantly improve security, especially when combined with multi-factor authentication something that we are no longer able to bypass. This combination provides an additional layer of protection, making it even more difficult for unauthorized users to access your accounts.
By following these best practices, you could effectively leverage passphrases to help protect your online accounts and data.
From the table above, you can see that to be safe we need a password of complexity with at least 10 characters, this will give a 5 year safety margin and by that time I presume that the data will be out dated and of little value. This table however does not tell the full story as we move into the next generation of computing, Quantum computing will drastically shorten these times. To ensure we stay relevant, I recommend anything above 13 characters with complexity.
Snipping Tool now has Text Extractor in the capture bar
Microsoft is adding a Text Extractor in the Snipping tool. This feature will soon show on the capture bar and will allow you to copy text to your clipboard without having to take a screenshot of your screen. This update is currently rolling out to Windows Insiders in all channels.
The new Text Extractor
In this update, we are adding text extractor in the Snipping Tool capture bar – designed to minimize the number of steps it takes to copy text to your clipboard without having to take a screenshot of your screen.
To get started, open Snipping Tool via Win + Shift + S or launch the app and click the new “Text Extractor” button in the toolbar.
Snipping tool capture toolbar with the cursor hovering over the new “Text Extractor” tool.
Select the region you would like to scan for text (just as you would for standard rectangle snip), and you will be able to manually select the text to copy to clipboard, or you can click on the “Copy all text” button in the toolbar to quickly copy all text in the region. You can also explore the “More options” dropdown menu to “Remove line breaks” from copied text or simplify the experience entirely with the “Automatically copy text” selection, which will dismiss Snipping Tool earlier and automatically copy all text in your selection region directly to your clipboard.
Snipping tool Text Extractor tool with highlighted text to be copied to clipboard.
Important: For some meetings, admin settings prevent unverified people from joining the meeting. Depending on the meeting, you may have to enter a one-time passcode sent to your email or create a Teams account.DesktopMobile
Join the meeting before it starts to test your setup from the pre-join screen. From there, you can enter the meeting up to 15 minutes before its start time to troubleshoot or see how Teams works. Meeting participants and organizers will be notified when you enter the meeting.
To join a Teams meeting without signing into an account:
Open the meeting invite and select the link next to Join or Click here to join the meeting.
When prompted, select Continue on this browser or Join on the Teams app. You don’t need to install the Teams app to join the meeting.
You can join Teams for web on Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. You may be prompted to give Teams access to your mic and camera. When you select Allow, you can always turn off your mic and camera once you join the meeting.
Select Join now.
In meetings where admin settings prevent unverified people from joining, you’ll be prompted to enter your email address. Enter your email address and select Next. Enter your password if you already have a Microsoft account or select Send code and enter the one-time passcode sent to your email if you don’t have an account. Once verified, select Join now.
Note: People who are signed in will have access to more meeting features than those who aren’t signed in.
If you enter the meeting lobby, wait for someone in the meeting to admit you. If no one admits you within 30 minutes, you’ll be removed from the lobby. If that happens, you can try rejoining.
Depending on how you joined the meeting, other participants will see a label next to your name. If you joined:
without entering your email address, everyone will see Unverified next to your name.
using a one-time code sent to your email, everyone will see Email verified next to your name.
with your Microsoft account, everyone will see External next to your name.
Select Admit to let them right into the meeting, or View lobby to see a list of everyone in the lobby and admit or deny them.
Note: Anyone who doesn’t have a Teams account and joins the meeting without entering a one-time passcode sent to their email will be labeled Unverified. Anyone who doesn’t have a Teams account and joins the meeting after entering a one-time passcode sent to their email will be labeled Email verified. To learn more about people with guest access, see Work with external guests.
I can’t join a meeting in Microsoft Teams
If you can’t immediately join a Teams meeting, there are several possible reasons:
You’re waiting in the lobby: Some organizers might place attendees in a lobby before admitting them into the meeting. Wait for someone to admit you, or reach out to the organizer directly to be let in.
Your internet browser isn’t supported: Teams doesn’t currently support Safari for Mac. If you’re joining a Teams meeting from the web, try joining from Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or other supported browsers.
Your internet connectivity is low: If your internet connection is low, you may not be able to join a Teams meeting right away. Try waiting for your connection to improve, joining from your supported mobile device, or reaching out to your internet provider.
Security policies for the meeting are preventing you from joining: If a meeting organizer enables end-to-end encryption for a meeting, you might have limited access to join. Try reaching out to the organizer to be let in.
In Teams, you might receive a message about why you’re unable to enter a meeting. Here are the different messages you might encounter and how to resolve them.
“Sign in to join this meeting”
If you see this message, the meeting doesn’t allow people to join unless they’re signed in with a Teams work or school account. You might need to take extra steps to join:
If you’re joining from a meeting link or as an anonymous user, make sure you’re signed into your Teams work or school account.
If you’re the meeting organizer and want people to be able to join your meeting without signing in, contact your IT admin (learn more here). Changes from your IT admin may take up to 24 hours to take effect.
“Sign in with a different account to join this meeting”
If you see this message, the policies set by your or the meeting organizer’s org prevent you from accessing the meeting. You might need to take extra steps to join:
Make sure you’re signed into the account the invite was originally sent to.
If you’re the meeting organizer and you want to allow people from other orgs to join your meeting, contact your IT admin (learn more here). Changes from your IT admin may take up to 24 hours to take effect.
“This meeting is locked.”
After a meeting starts, organizers can lock the meeting to prevent new participants from entering.
Reach out to the meeting organizer to let them know you’re having trouble joining. If they unlock it, you can try joining again.
“Your organizational policy does not allow you to join this meeting”
You can’t join because the organizer has enabled end-to-end encryption for their meeting. Contact the organizer to let them know you’re having trouble joining.
“The meeting lobby is full right now.”
If the lobby is full, wait a few minutes before trying to join again. You may be able to enter if other attendees join the meeting or leave the lobby. For more on lobby settings, see Using the lobby in Teams meetings.
“Sorry, no one has responded to your request to join.”
If you get this message after 30 minutes of waiting, your request has timed out.
Check to make sure you’re joining from the correct meeting link and try again.
Reach out to the meeting organizer to make sure your request is seen.
Using the lobby in Microsoft Teams meetings
Use the meeting lobby in Teams meetings to keep people from directly entering a meeting when they join. Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters will be notified when people enter the lobby and can let them into the meeting.
Each meeting defaults to the lobby settings set by your IT admin but you can change them before or during the meeting. You might not be able to change some settings if your meeting uses a template or sensitivity label.
Choose who can bypass the lobby
As the meeting organizer, you get to decide who gets into your meetings directly, and who should wait for someone to let them in.
If you choose to have people wait, you (and anyone else allowed to admit people) will see a list of people in the lobby. From there you can choose whether to admit or deny them.
Who can bypass the lobby?
What happens
Recommended when…
Only organizers and co-organizers
As the meeting organizer, you and any co-organizers can get into the meeting directly. Everyone else will wait in the lobby.
You want everyone else to wait in the lobby until you’re ready to admit them.
People who were invited*
Anyone who receives the invitation, including those to whom it is forwarded, will join the meeting directly.People without a Teams account won’t bypass the lobby. Additionally, distribution lists up to 10,000 users are supported. If you don’t want people to forward the invite to others, turn off Allow Forwarding in the invitation.
You want a specific, limited group of people who were invited via their Teams accounts to join the meeting directly, and everyone else to wait in the lobby.
People in my org
Only people within your org can get into your meeting directly. Everyone else will wait in the lobby.
You want all guests and external people to wait in the lobby so you can approve them one by one.
People in my org and guests
People in your org and people with guest access can get into your meeting directly.
You want all external people (anyone outside your org, except guests) to wait in the lobby so you can approve them one by one.
People in my org, trusted orgs, and guests
Anyone from your organization and organizations with which your IT admin has set up a connection, or anyone joining as a guest, will be able to bypass the lobby.
You want some external people (e.g., people joining without a Teams account and people from organizations with which your IT admin did not set up a connection) to wait in the lobby so you can approve them one by one.
Everyone
Anyone who has access to the meeting link gets into the meeting directly, including people who call in.Depending on the meeting policy set up by your IT admin, people joining without a Teams account,people from untrusted organizations, and people dialing in may be placed in the lobby until someone from your organization or a trusted organization joins the meeting, even if the Everyone option is selected.
You don’t want anyone to wait in the lobby. You want everyone to be able to join your meetings without specific approval.
* For channel meetings, only those channel members who are directly invited can bypass the lobby.
Change lobby settings
You can change lobby settings before, during, or after a meeting (in the case of a meeting series). The changes will only apply to the meeting you change them in unless the meeting is part of a series. Then, changes will be applied to all future meetings in that series. To change default lobby settings, contact your IT admin.
Before a meeting
Before a meeting
New calendar
To change lobby settings before a meeting:
Select Calendar in Teams.
Double-click an event.
Select Edit.
If you double-clicked an instance of a meeting series, select whether you want to edit This event, This and all following events, or All events in the series.
Select Meeting options.
In Meeting access:
Choose an option from the Who can bypass the lobby? dropdown menu.
Turn the People dialing in can bypass the lobby toggle on or off.
Choose who can let people into the meeting from the Who can admit from the lobby dropdown menu.
If you change lobby settings during a meeting, people waiting in the lobby will still be there.
Select Save.
Select More actions > Settings > Meeting options in your meeting controls.
In Security:
Choose an option from the Who can bypass the lobby? dropdown menu.
Turn the People dialing in can bypass the lobby toggle on or off, if available.
Choose who can let people into the meeting from the Who can admit from the lobby dropdown menu.
Manage the lobby
During a meeting, people you designated to manage the lobby can admit or deny entrance to the meeting.
Who can manage the lobby
The meeting organizer, co-organizer(s), and presenter(s) can manage the lobby. If you’re the organizer, choose which of those roles can manage the lobby during that specific meeting. You can also make someone a co-organizer or presenter by changing their meeting role.
To change who can manage the lobby:
Select Calendar in Teams.
Double-click an event.
Select Edit.
If you double-clicked an instance of a meeting series, select whether you want to edit This event, This and all following events, or All events in the series.
Select Meeting options.
In Meeting access, choose who can let people into the meeting from the Who can admit from the lobby dropdown menu.
Select Save.
To learn more about the new Teams calendar, see Get started with the new calendar in Microsoft Teams.
Admit or deny participants
During the meeting, people managing the lobby can see a list of participants waiting to get into the meeting and choose whether to admit or deny them.
To admit or deny participants:
Select People in your meeting window.
Under Waiting in the lobby:
Select the check mark next to someone’s name to admit them.
Select the X next to someone’s name to deny them.
Select Admit all to let everyone in from the lobby.
People managing the lobby will receive notifications that people are waiting in the lobby. In the notifications, select View lobby to go right to the lobby or Mute these notifications to turn the notifications off.
Select Undo to turn the notifications back on.
Turn off the lobby for a meeting
If you want everyone to join your meeting directly, set Who can bypass the lobby? to Everyone. This change will apply to that meeting and future meetings if it’s part of a meeting series. Contact your IT admin if you want to change this setting for all the future meetings you organize.
Note: If anonymous participants join first, they’ll wait in the lobby. They’ll be let into the meeting automatically after someone from your org, a trusted org, or a guest user joins. Contact your IT admin to allow anonymous participants to start meetings.
You can also remove people or lock your meeting.
To remove people from the meeting:
Select People in your meeting window.
Hover over the name of the person you want to remove.
Select More options > Remove from meeting.
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Guests have similar capabilities to team members and can participate in meetings, chats, and work on documents.
In a team, select More options>Add member.
Enter the guest’s email. You can add as many guests as you need.
If needed, it’s best to change their display name now.
When ready, select Add and guests will be sent an email invitation they need to accept to begin.
A guest will have the label “Guest” attached to their name in Microsoft Teams. You can also check the top of any channel to see how many guests are in it.
To share files, use the Files tab and folders since document links may not work with guests.
Note: Before guests can join a team, an admin must enable guest access in Teams. If you can’t add a guest, check with your admin.
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to see your meetings.
in your meeting controls.
Note: Select X to close a suggested room and search for a different one. Rooms with the Cast icon 
are in close proximity.
> Edit display name.
on the left side of Teams, then select Meet now 
in the upper right corner.
in the top-right corner.
to copy and share a link to the meeting that others can click to join.
to notify others about your meeting via link or email.
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in your meeting controls.
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to turn the notifications off.
