

The meeting organizer can set the timer in Breakout Rooms by following these steps: The Breakout Rooms Timer automatically moves members back to main meeting.

Hover over the name of the participant to reveal the person's checkbox and select the checkbox.Click or tap the Assign participants button. After a moment, you are presented with the rooms. Microsoft Teams starts creating the breakout rooms.If you select the automatically option, skip to Step 12. For the next steps, manual breakout rooms assignment will be shown. If you select manually, you can assign participants to specific rooms. If you select automatically, Microsoft Teams will place the participants into the rooms at random. Choose how you want participants assigned to rooms.Select the number of breakout rooms to create. A prompt appears to create breakout rooms.From the top, click or tap the Breakout rooms tab.

If the meeting uses a channel, all attendees must be individually listed as required attendees in the meeting for pre-assignment.

Creating breakout rooms in advance of a meeting Meeting organizers who schedule a meeting can create breakout rooms in advance then pre-assign members to the breakout rooms. Breakout rooms allow a meeting organizer to split your attendees into multiple online rooms for discussion and collaboration in Teams.
