What additional options are available in breakout rooms in Teams?

By default, participants are automatically moved into breakout rooms when they're opened. When you turn off this option, participants receive a message asking them to join a breakout room. They select Join room (Join on a mobile device) before being moved.

1. Select More options    at the top of the Breakout rooms pane and then select Rooms settings.

2. Switch the toggle next to Automatically move people into opened rooms to off.

Meeting attendees can learn more about joining and participating in breakout rooms here: Join a breakout room in a Teams meeting.

Allow participants to return to main meeting

By default, this setting is off. Turning it on gives participants the option to leave their breakout rooms and return to the original meeting to rejoin the larger discussion. 

1. Select More options    at the top of the Breakout rooms pane and then select Rooms settings.

2. Switch the toggle next to Participants can return to the main meeting to on.

Move someone to a different breakout room

Participants can be moved when breakout rooms are open as well as when they’re closed.

1. Expand the list of participants under a breakout room.

2. Select the check box next to the person's name.

3. Select Assign and then the breakout room you want to move that person to.

Add an additional breakout room

• Select Add room in the Breakout rooms pane.

Delete a breakout room

• Point to the room, select More options   , and then Delete room.

Recreate breakout rooms from scratch

During a meeting, you can return to the beginning of the breakout rooms process to reconfigure the rooms and assignments.

1. Select More options   at the top of the Breakout rooms pane and then select Recreate rooms.

2. Follow the instructions above to create new breakout rooms and assign people to them.