You can keep a session (whether it’s a production or a meeting) in prepare mode for up to 30 hours in total. Keep in mind that this includes both the preparation time and the live session, so if you use 25 hours for preparation, you’ll have 5 hours left for the actual production.

Each production and meeting can run for a maximum of 30 hours, giving you plenty of room for extended sessions.

To keep your production running smoothly, make sure AI Producer isn’t the only participant. Microsoft Teams automatically removes bots after 60 minutes. For uninterrupted “live on tape” or “simu-live” sessions, just ensure at least one other user stays in the production/presenter meeting. If AI Producer gets removed, you can easily re-add it via the Control Panel.
Note: This does not apply to watch meetings.

Yes! Simply open the rooms first, then add AI Producer. This is for playout video and/or Produced Meeting, not AI-Assisted Production.

AI Producer supports both window and screen sharing.

Watermarks are not supported for any use case.

To get the best possible resolution out of the shared screen, set the monitor to a 16:9 aspect ratio (e.g., 1920×1080 or 3840×2160).

AI Producer supports all common video formats for seamless playback during your productions.

Anyone with access to the control panel can manage video playback, add new videos to the meeting or the production, and view any videos that have been added. 

Yes, if you’re broadcasting using a Teams Meeting or Webinar, add AI Producer to the viewer meeting as well. See tutorial: How to set up a watch meeting. This does not apply if you’re using RTMP-in.

Yes, if an organizer from a tenant that has consented to AI Producer creates a viewer meeting and adds AI Producer, cross-tenant broadcasting is supported.

Yes, if you’re using RTMP-in Teams meetings or webinars, a Teams Premium license is required. For Town hall, no special license is needed to use RTMP, but RTMP must be enabled on your user account by a Teams admin.

Yes, if you’re using RTMP-in.

• Teams Meeting: Up to 1,000 participants with full functionality. Additional attendees, up to 10,000, can join via a view-only experience with limited capabilities. To enable the overflow functionality, it must be turned on in the tenant hosting the meeting.
• Town hall: Up to 10,000 viewers (or 100,000 with Teams Premium), with a 20-second delay and managed attendee view.

If you duplicate a Town hall, the RTMP key will be refreshed. Make sure to grab the new RTMP key and add it as a destination.

Yes, the YouTube broadcast time will automatically update to match the new meeting time.

In the Admin portal, you can configure how many days you want a recording to be stored in the storage account (up to 30 days). The recording will be deleted sooner if it is downloaded to OneDrive.

AI Producer recordings are automatically sent to the meeting organizer. If you’d like to download a copy yourself, you have 30 days before automatic deletion. 

Recordings are stored in the meeting organizer’s OneDrive after the organizer confirms via Teams chat. If Teams create a separate recording, delete unnecessary duplicates to avoid confusion.

Yes, if you’re in the same tenant. The organizer receives the email with the destination and Broadcast ID, and their OneDrive receives the saved file.

Before you get started, make sure a Microsoft 365 administrator has granted consent to AI Producer in your organization’s tenant.

Yes, if at least one video has been added. If no videos are added, the Control Panel won’t open. AI Producer must be consented to work. Tenant polices may complicate the process.

Yes, if they have an AI Producer video library in the user portal. Some Tenant polices may complicate the process.

Yes, use templates in Teams to create watch meetings with different settings. (Teams Premium is required.)

Yes, there are a couple of effective ways to include sign language interpreters in your production setup, depending on your format and needs. One option lets you build interpreter views directly into the layout; another allows you to stream to a separate meeting and layer interpreters externally.

For a clear step-by-step walkthrough with visuals, check out this PDF guide on how to set it up.

Use Shared Display in the Presenter Meeting to show a clean, focused view of in-room monitors. With Teams Premium, “Manage what attendees see” lets you highlight one speaker or shared content at a time. Remote viewers will see the full production via the destination.

PDF Guides:

In-Room Setup Without Teams Premium

In-Room Control with Teams Premium

Advanced In-Room Configuration