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In Teams. Double-click a meeting to expand its details. Select Breakout rooms > Rooms settings . Turn the Set a time limit toggle on. Set a time limit using the dropdown menus. Select Save. To set a breakout room time limit during a meeting: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. Select Rooms settings . Turn the Set a time limit toggle on. Set a time limit using the dropdown menus. Select Save. Appoint breakout room managers Appoint breakout room managers in a meeting for more help managing the rooms. Breakout room managers can: Add and delete rooms Set time limits for room sessions Assign and reassign participants to rooms Send announcements Open and close rooms Recreate rooms Join any room To make someone a breakout room manager, first invite them to the meeting and make them a presenter. To learn more, see Roles in Microsoft Teams meetings. To appoint breakout room managers before a meeting: From your Teams calendar, select a meeting to view details. Select Breakout rooms > Rooms settings . Turn the Assign presenters to manage rooms toggle on. Select Search for presenters and designate room managers. Select Save. To appoint breakout room managers during a meeting: In the meeting controls, select Rooms . Select Rooms settings . Turn the Assign presenters to manage rooms toggle on. Choose presenters from the dropdown menu. Select Save. Manage breakout rooms Only one breakout manager can take control of breakout rooms at a time. To take control of breakout rooms as a breakout room manager: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. You’ll be able to see who currently has control of the rooms. Select Manage rooms. You’re now in control of the breakout rooms. Join open rooms, make announcements, and more. Rename breakout rooms If you want, rename a breakout room to reflect its purpose (for example, what people in that room will be discussing or working on). To rename a breakout room before a meeting: Select Calendar in Teams. Double-click a meeting to expand its details. Select Breakout rooms. Hover over the room you want to rename. Select More options > Rename . Enter a new name. Select Rename. To rename a breakout room during a meeting: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. Hover over the room you want to rename Select More options > Rename . Enter a new name. Select Rename. Assign and reassign people to breakout rooms Meeting organizers and appointed breakout room managers can assign and reassign people to breakout rooms. Breakout room managers must first join the meeting to assign people to rooms. To assign and reassign people to breakout rooms before a meeting: Select Calendar in Teams. Double-click a meeting to expand its details.

Foster connections and meaningful discussions in medium to large Teams meetings by creating breakout rooms. Create and manage breakout rooms when you use Teams for desktop to organize a meeting with up to 300 people. To learn more about participating in breakout room sessions, see Join a breakout room in Microsoft Teams meetings. Notes: These features aren't currently available in breakout rooms: Adding people to the meeting from the participant's panel Adding additional people to the meeting chat Copying the Join meeting info In this article Create breakout rooms To create breakout rooms, you must be a meeting organizer or a presenter in the meeting organizer's organization who's been appointed a breakout rooms manager. To create breakout rooms before a meeting: Select Calendar in Teams. Double-click a meeting to expand its details. Select Breakout rooms > Create rooms. Choose the number of rooms you want (up to 50). Select Add rooms. Select Assign participants . Choose how you want participants to be assigned. Select Next > Save. If you create breakout rooms before a meeting starts, you can invite up to 300 people. As soon as the meeting starts, you can open the breakout rooms. To create breakout rooms during a meeting: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. Choose the number of rooms you want to create (up to 50). Choose how you want participants to be assigned. Select Create rooms. To add another breakout room during the meeting, select Rooms > Add room in the meeting controls. Note: You won't be able to automatically assign people to breakout rooms later in the meeting. Manage breakout room settings Adjust breakout room settings before a meeting to ensure your meeting and rooms run smoothly. Choose how participants will be assigned to rooms, set room time limits, and more. Room settings are flexible and can also be changed during the meeting. Rename rooms, open and close them, and make other adjustments as you go. To manage breakout room settings before a meeting: Select Calendar in Teams. Double-click a meeting to expand its details. Select Breakout rooms > Rooms settings . Select Save to apply changes. To manage breakout room settings during a meeting: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. Select Rooms settings . Select Save to apply changes. Set breakout room time limits Set breakout room time limits to keep your meeting on-track across breakout rooms. Rooms will automatically close when the time expires and participants will rejoin the main meeting. Note: Turn off the Automatically move people to rooms toggle in breakout room settings to allow participants to either rejoin the main meeting or leave altogether after time expires. To set a breakout room time limit before a meeting: Select Calendar

Rooms toggle in breakout room settings. If you choose to let participants self-select their rooms, they can view and join the open rooms. To open and start breakout room sessions in a meeting: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. Select Open rooms to open all the rooms at the same time. Hover over a room and select More options > Open to open that specific room. Rooms will remain open until you manually close them or, if you set a time limit, the time expires. Close rooms Close breakout rooms when you’re ready to end the sessions and have participants return to the main meeting. To close and end breakout room sessions in a meeting: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. Select Close rooms to close all the rooms at the same time. Hover over a room and select More options > Close to close that specific room. A room has successfully closed when its status changes to Closed. If you reopen rooms in a meeting where participants were assigned to rooms, participants will return to the rooms they were assigned to. Delete breakout rooms To delete a breakout room, the room must be closed first. If people are in the room, reassign them to different rooms before closing the room they’re in, or close the room to move them back into the main meeting automatically. To delete breakout rooms before a meeting: Select Calendar in Teams. Double-click a meeting to expand its details. Select Breakout rooms. Select Remove rooms to delete all the breakout rooms. Hover over a room and select More options > Delete to delete that room. Confirm. To delete breakout rooms during a meeting: Select Rooms in the meeting controls. Select Remove rooms to delete all the breakout rooms. Hover over a room and select More options > Delete to delete that room. Confirm. Attendance reports for breakout rooms If you organize a meeting, you can gain insight into its participants and their breakout room activity through attendance reports. Learn which breakout room each person has joined, when they entered it, and when they left. To view breakout room data from a meeting: Go to your Teams calendar. Select the meeting you want to see attendance reports for. Select Attendance. Under Participants, select an attendee to see which breakout room they entered and what time they joined and left it. To reference breakout room data later, download the attendance report in CSV format. Notes: Only meeting organizers can view attendance reports. Attendance reports don’t include data from deleted breakout rooms. Related articles Join a breakout room in a Teams meeting Breakout rooms troubleshooting guide