Microsoft is quietly changing what you receive when you buy Teams Premium. According to a report from Neowin, new licenses for the enterprise tier no longer include the event and webinar tools that were once bundled into the package, while customers on older contracts keep those features until their agreements run out.
For organizations that planned to host large-scale webinars or virtual events under a fresh Teams Premium subscription, that is a meaningful shift. The features have not vanished entirely from Microsoft’s portfolio — they are simply no longer included in new premium deals by default.
What is being removed from new Teams Premium
The event features in question are the large-scale hosting tools that let organizations run webinars and broadcasts for very large audiences. In practice, these have included capabilities like event registration, live streaming to broad audiences, and the high-capacity attendee infrastructure that distinguishes an “event” from a regular Teams meeting.
Under the change, those tools are no longer part of newly purchased Teams Premium licenses. If you sign up for the tier today, you will get the core premium meeting enhancements but not the dedicated event suite that came bundled before.
Microsoft has not published a detailed feature-by-feature breakdown of exactly which event tools are affected, so the specifics of what was bundled versus what remains available as a separate add-on are still somewhat unclear. What is clear is that the default package has been trimmed, and the details matter for anyone planning a big event.
Legacy contracts keep grandfathered access
The key detail for most current customers is that this change applies to new licenses, not existing ones. Organizations that already hold Teams Premium contracts retain their grandfathered access to the event features until those agreements expire.
This is a common approach for Microsoft licensing changes: customers who locked in a deal under the old terms keep those terms until renewal. It gives organizations time to plan and avoid a sudden loss of capability mid-contract.
That means if you signed or renewed recently under the previous terms, your event tools should still work. The shift will be felt most at renewal time, when organizations may find themselves without the bundled event features unless they seek them out separately.
Capacity packs now scale to 100,000 attendees
Microsoft also appears to be adjusting how capacity packs work with Teams Premium. Capacity packs are add-ons that let you scale the number of attendees your events can support, and under the new structure they can scale up to 100,000 users.
This is significant for organizations that need to host very large events. Rather than relying on a fixed premium tier, you can now layer capacity packs to reach the highest end of the audience range — up to 100,000 attendees for a single event.
For most businesses that number is far beyond what they will ever need, but it signals that Microsoft is positioning these high-capacity events as a scalable, add-on model rather than a standard bundled feature.
What this means for you
If your organization currently hosts webinars or large virtual events, the immediate takeaway is to check your current license terms before assuming anything has changed. If you are on a legacy Teams Premium contract, your event features are grandfathered in until renewal.
At renewal, though, you may need to make a decision. If event hosting is essential, you will want to confirm whether those tools are still included or whether you need to acquire them as a separate capacity pack or add-on. Budget for that possibility rather than assuming the old bundle carries over automatically.
For organizations that do not host large events, this change is unlikely to affect your day-to-day Teams experience at all. The core meeting and collaboration features remain intact, and most teams will never touch the event suite.
How to check your Teams Premium situation
If you are an admin managing licenses, log into the Microsoft 365 admin center and review your Teams Premium assignments and contract terms. Look specifically at what event or webinar capabilities are attached to your current agreements, and note your renewal date so you can plan ahead.
You may also want to reach out to your Microsoft reseller or partner, especially if you purchased through a volume licensing agreement, since those contracts often carry their own specific terms around bundled features. Confirming the exact terms on paper is the safest way to know whether your event access is grandfathered or at risk.
As with any licensing change, the details matter, and Microsoft has not released an exhaustive public breakdown of the new structure. Treat the current picture as based on reporting rather than a fully published feature list, and keep an eye on official Microsoft licensing documentation for updates.
Source: Neowin
Over to you: If your team relies on Teams Premium for webinars, will you budget for event tools as a separate add-on, or move to a different platform?
