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### -AllowedTownhallTypesForRecordingPublish
This setting describes how IT admins can control which types of Town Hall attendees can have their recordings published.
This setting describes how IT admins can control which types of events optimized for large audiences can have their recordings published.
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Possible values are:
None, InviteOnly, EveryoneInCompanyIncludingGuests, Everyone.
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### -AllowedWebinarTypesForRecordingPublish
This setting describes how IT admins can control which types of webinar attendees can have their recordings published.
This setting describes how IT admins can control which types of events up to 1,000 attendees can have their recordings published.
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Possible values are:
None, InviteOnly, EveryoneInCompanyIncludingGuests, Everyone.
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### -AllowEmailEditing
This setting governs if a user is allowed to edit the communication emails in Teams Town Hall or Teams Webinar events.
This setting governs if a user is allowed to edit the communication emails in their events.
Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Enables editing of communication emails.
- **Disabled**: Disables editing of communication emails.
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### -AllowTownhalls
This setting governs if a user can create town halls using Teams Events.
This setting governs if a user can create an event optimized for large audiences using Teams Events.
Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Enables creating town halls.
- **Disabled**: Disables creating town halls.
- **Enabled**: Enables the **Optimize for Large Audience** option for organizers when scheduling an event.
- **Disabled**: Disables the **Optimize for Large Audience** option for organizers scheduling an event.

```yaml
Type: String
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### -AllowWebinars
This setting governs if a user can create webinars using Teams Events.
This setting governs if a user can create an event up to 1,000 attendees using Teams Events.
Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Enables creating webinars.
- **Disabled**: Disables creating webinars.
- **Enabled**: Enables creating events up to 1,000 attendees (previously webinars).
- **Disabled**: Disables creating events up to 1,000 attendees (previously webinars).

```yaml
Type: String
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### -BroadcastPremiumApps
This setting governs if an organizer of a broadcast style event (including town halls) may add an app that is accessible by everyone, including attendees, to the event. This does not include control over apps (such as the AI Producer and Custom Streaming Apps) that are only accessible by the Event group.
This setting governs if an organizer of an event optimized for a large audience may add an app that is accessible by everyone, including attendees, to the event. This does not include control over apps (such as the AI Producer and Custom Streaming Apps) that are only accessible by the Event group.

Please note, only certain apps, such as Polls, are supported for everyone in broadcast style events.
Please note, only certain apps, such as Polls, are supported for everyone in events optimized for large audiences.

Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: An organizer of a broadcast style event can add Apps such as Polls
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### -EventAccessType

> [!NOTE]
> Currently, webinar and town hall event access is managed together via EventAccessType.

This setting governs which users can access the event registration page or the event site to register. It also governs which user type is allowed to join the session/s in the event.
This setting governs wich users can access the event registration page or the event site to register for events up to 1,000 attendees. It also governs which user type is allowed to join the session/s in the event.
Possible values are:
- **Everyone**: Enables creating events to allow in-tenant, guests, federated, and anonymous (external to the tenant) users to register and join the event.
- **EveryoneInCompanyExcludingGuests**: Enables creating events to allow only in-tenant users to register and join the event.
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### -RecordingForTownhall
Determines whether recording is allowed in a user's townhall.
Determines whether recording is allowed in an event optimized for a large audience.

Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Allow recording in user's townhalls.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit recording in user's townhalls.
- **Enabled**: Allow recording in events optimized for large audiences.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit recording in events optimized for large audiences.

```yaml
Type: String
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### -RecordingForWebinar
Determines whether recording is allowed in a user's webinar.
Determines whether recording is allowed in events up to 1,000 attendees.

Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Allow recording in user's webinars.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit recording in user's webinars.
- **Enabled**: Allow recording in events up to 1,000 attendees.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit recording in events up to 1,000 attendees.

```yaml
Type: String
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```

### -TownhallChatExperience
This setting governs whether the user can enable the Comment Stream chat experience for Town Halls.
This setting governs whether the user can enable the Comment Stream chat experience for an event optimized for a large audience.

Possible values are: Optimized, None.

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### -TownhallEventAttendeeAccess
This setting governs what identity types may attend a Town hall that is scheduled by a particular person or group that is assigned this policy.
This setting governs what identity types may attend or register for an event optimized for a large audience that is scheduled by a particular person or group that is assigned this policy.
Possible values are:
- **Everyone**: Anyone with the join link may enter the event.
- **EveryoneInOrganizationAndGuests**: Only those who are Guests to the tenant, MTO users, and internal AAD users may enter the event.
- **Everyone**: Anyone with the join link may enter or register for the event.
- **EveryoneInOrganizationAndGuests**: Only those who are Guests to the tenant, MTO users, and internal AAD users may enter or register for the event.

```yaml
Type: String
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```

### -TranscriptionForTownhall
Determines whether transcriptions are allowed in a user's townhall.
Determines whether transcriptions are allowed in a events optimized for a large audience.

Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Allow transcriptions in user's townhalls.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit transcriptions in user's townhalls.
- **Enabled**: Allow transcriptions in events optimized for a large audience.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit transcriptions in events optimized for a large audience.

```yaml
Type: String
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### -TranscriptionForWebinar
Determines whether transcriptions are allowed in a user's webinar.
Determines whether transcriptions are allowed in events up to 1,000 attendees.

Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Allow transcriptions in user's webinars.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit transcriptions in user's webinars.
- **Enabled**: Allow transcriptions in events up to 1,000 attendees.
- **Disabled**: Prohibit transcriptions in events up to 1,000 attendees.

```yaml
Type: String
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### -UseMicrosoftECDN
This setting governs whether the admin disables this property and prevents the organizers from creating town halls that use Microsoft eCDN even though they have been assigned a Teams Premium license.
This setting governs whether the admin disables this property and prevents the organizers from creating events optimized for a large audience that use Microsoft eCDN even though they have been assigned a Teams Premium license.

```yaml
Type: Boolean
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```

### -TownhallMaxResolution
This policy sets the maximum video resolution supported in Town hall events.
This policy sets the maximum video resolution supported in events optimized for a large audience.

Possible values are:
- **Max720p**: Town halls support video resolution up to 720p.
- **Max1080p**: Town halls support video resolution up to 1080p.
- **MicrosoftManaged**: Town halls will support video resolution up to 720p except for those customers whose networks have been assessed by Microsoft to support up to 1080p."
- **Max720p**: Events optimized for a large audience support video resolution up to 720p.
- **Max1080p**: Events optimized for a large audience support video resolution up to 1080p.
- **MicrosoftManaged**: Events optimized for a large audience will support video resolution up to 720p except for those customers whose networks have been assessed by Microsoft to support up to 1080p."

```yaml
Type: String
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### -HighBitrateForTownhall
This policy controls whether high-bitrate streaming is enabled for Town hall events.
This policy controls whether high-bitrate streaming is enabled for events optimized for a large audience.

Possible values are:
- **Enabled**: Enables high bitrate for Town hall events.
- **Disabled**: Disables high bitrate for Town hall events.
- **Enabled**: Enables high bitrate for events optimized for a large audience.
- **Disabled**: Disables high bitrate for events optimized for a large audience.

```yaml
Type: String
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