Engage events: Broadcast, meetings, and async events with new and improved event engagement features

Updated April 14, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. 

Introduction

We're enhancing the events experience in Engage to provide a more comprehensive and interactive platform for enterprise events across web and mobile. Engage events will support broadcasts connected to Teams Town halls for one-to-many style events, Meetings for more collaborative sessions powered by Teams webinar, and async events that are best for in-person or text-only discussions like ask-me-anything (AMA). A new events landing page will unify the engagement before, during, and after events. Rollout begins late April 2026 and will be enabled by default for all Engage customers.

As a user, you can now create events on your storyline and as a community admin, you can create events within a community you are an admin of. Across both storyline and community you can create three event types:

• Broadcast (powered by Teams town hall): This experience is an upgrade from the current community live events and offers a richer attendee engagement experience. Broadcast events are best for one to many communications where a presenter or leadership team shares information with a broad audience at scale. Broadcasts are designed for structured delivery, clarity, and reach, with controlled interaction rather than open collaboration.
• Meeting: This event type combines the Teams webinar meeting experience with Engage’s event page and conversation layer. Engage meetings are best suited for live, collaborative sessions where groups learn together, ask questions of one another, and interact in real time.
• Async: Use async events to conduct an event without a Teams online experience. They're best suited for an in-person event or a text-only discussion like an ask-me-anything (AMA).

The new event landing page delivers new engagements features, which are fully customizable by the event organizer across all event types. These include moderated posts that require organizer approval, anonymous posting capabilities, and private replies. Engagement across the event page remains in sync before, during, and after the event across both Engage and Teams. Further, the organizing team has advanced insights and simple update recording flow.

Screenshot: Broadcast user interface:

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When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in late April 2026 and is expected to complete by early May 2026.

How this affects your organization:

• Who is affected: All Engage users.
• What will happen:
  • Broadcast, meeting, and async event creation and consumption in communities and storylines becomes available.
  • Broadcast events are supported by Teams town hall and will respect Teams town hall admin policies.
  • Meeting events are supported by Teams webinars and will respect Teams webinar admin policies.
  • A new Events Landing Page will provide a single location for event engagement before, during, and after the event
  • No changes to existing workflows; these features will be enabled by default for Engage customers.
  • The current community live events experience will continue to be available during this transition to the new community broadcast

What you can do to prepare:

• No immediate action is required for most customers.
• Review internal documentation and update helpdesk guidance if needed.
• Learn more: What’s New with Events in Viva Engage | Microsoft Community Learning YouTube

Compliance considerations:

No compliance considerations identified; review as appropriate for your organization.