Updated April 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The "Manage what attendees see" feature in Microsoft Teams helps organizers deliver polished events more easily by simplifying the attendee view and keeping the focus on participants who have been brought on screen. We’re introducing a new enhancement that gives organizers and presenters even more control over when shared content becomes visible to attendees.

Currently, when a presenter shares content, it is automatically displayed for attendees. With this update, shared content will first appear in the Manage screen’s left panel alongside other presenters. An organizer or presenter must manually bring it on screen, providing greater control over the attendee experience and preventing unintended interruptions.

Once shared content is brought on screen, the presenter sharing it will now see their content displayed instead of a text message indicating they are sharing.

Additionally, organizers and presenters joining from mobile will only see participants or content that has been brought on screen. Previously, users would see all organizers and presenters on their mobile devices.

Limitations:

• Users joining through older Teams versions will continue to see the existing behavior, where shared content is automatically brought on screen.
• PowerPoint Live will automatically be brought on screen and will not appear in the Manage screen panel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483486.