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Teams has default settings for meeting participants that can be adjusted for a specific meeting. The organizer can determine who waits in the lobby, how callers enter the meeting, who is given the presenter role, whether attendees can unmute their microphone, and enable or disable meeting chat.
Changing your meeting options
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If you are the meeting organizer, you can make these changes on the Meeting options webpage (pictured below). For a scheduled or "Meet Now" meeting, you can change them during your meeting. For a scheduled meeting, you can also change the settings for participants ahead of time.
![Meeting options window](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=8475044a-5ec6-4c06-be3a-7af1a3386d44.png)
Sample of meeting options webpage
Access meeting options
Learn how to access meeting options:
Before the meeting
- In the left rail of Teams, select Calendar.
![calendar icon](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=42e17845-cd1c-4002-8812-bdfb6090e415.png)
- Double-click on your meeting to open the Details and choose Meeting options.
![Details tab highlighted and then Meeting Options](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=009af32f-5c22-499e-b570-6857a2117e37.png)
- Make your selections and click Save. After it saves and says "Done," you can close your browser.
During a meeting
- Select the Ellipsis () then click Meeting options.
![Meeting options location in the menu, with an arrow pointed to the meeting options window open in the foreground](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=f73f38be-912b-4174-8494-09e7c59af2b0.png)
- Make your selections and click Save.
Details on meeting options
For more information on what each options does, take a look at Microsoft's article Change participant settings
Note: all of the options mentioned in Microsoft's article may not be available to Columbus State users.