How to Enable Maximum Room Occupancy Notification on Teams Panels?

Manage Teams clients and devices

Answer Correct answer: A — Configure a Teams device configuration profile for the panel to enable the maximum room occupancy notification.

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that uses Teams. You have a room in Teams Rooms that contains a panel mounted at the entrance. You need to ensure that the panel displays a maximum room occupancy notification. What should you configure?

a configuration profile Correct Answer
an app setup policy
a meeting policy
a notification rule

teams panels occupancy notification teams device configuration profile ms-700 teams rooms panels maximum room occupancy notification

Community Votes

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100% of anonymous learners picked answer A. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Community Insight

The question tests where Teams Panels device display settings are managed; the common trap is choosing a meeting policy or notification rule because the feature sounds like a meeting or alert function.

The maximum room occupancy notification for a Microsoft Teams panel is a device-level setting controlled by a configuration profile in the Teams admin center. This guide confirms that option A is correct and explains why app setup policies, meeting policies, and notification rules do not control panel occupancy displays.

Selecting a meeting policy (C) or a notification rule (D), because the wording suggests a meeting capacity alert; however, the toggle lives in a Teams device configuration profile for panels.

Community Discussion (4 comments)

HOzwei 👍 7 Selected: A

The anser is "A": Teams devices -> Panels -> Configuration Profiles -> Toogle: Maximum room occupancy notification (ON)

costa798 👍 1 Selected: A

TAC > Panels > Configuration Profiles > Maximum Room occupancy notification

183017f 👍 1

Room Capacity Warning <> Maximum Room Capacity Notification - A

KILICASLAN1984 👍 1

C: Enable or disable room capacity warnings Teams panels that are paired with Teams Rooms on Android can display a warning message when a room is at or over capacity. To use this feature, Teams Rooms must have a camera that supports people counting. Teams Rooms on Android support room capacity warnings without a Teams panel. Note Room capacity warnings aren't available in the GCC-High environment. Room capacity warnings are disabled by default, but they can be enabled per device. To enable the feature, do the following: Follow the steps in Pair a Teams panel with Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android. The panel and the Teams Rooms device must be signed into the same resource account. Go to Settings > Device settings > Teams admin settings > Meetings and turn on Max room occupancy notification. Enable or disable

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Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

A configuration profile in the Teams admin center is the management object for Teams Panels. Navigating to Teams devices > Panels > Configuration profiles exposes device settings including "Maximum room occupancy notification". Microsoft designed panel-specific display behavior to be controlled at the device configuration layer, so applying a configuration profile to the panel is the only option that enables the notification. Community answers consistently confirm this path, with HOzwei noting the toggle "Maximum room occupancy notification (ON)" and costa798 listing "Panels > Configuration Profiles".

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

An app setup policy (B) governs Teams client app availability, pinning, and installation for users, not hardware panel display messages. A meeting policy (C) controls meeting features such as chat, recording, and lobby behavior, and it does not manage room panel occupancy notices. A notification rule (D) in the Teams admin center creates admin alerts, for example device health or call quality notifications, and cannot push a maximum occupancy message to a Teams panel. The separate room capacity warning feature mentioned by KILICASLAN1984 depends on a camera with people counting and Teams Rooms on Android, which is not the panel occupancy setting this question asks about.

Community Comment Notes

Learners overwhelmingly selected A and described the exact admin path: "Teams devices -> Panels -> Configuration Profiles" leading to the occupancy toggle. HOzwei and costa798 both pointed to the configuration profile area under Panels, and 183017f highlighted the distinction between "Room Capacity Warning" and "Maximum Room Capacity Notification". That distinction matters because the question asks for the panel's maximum occupancy notification, which is configured through the panel configuration profile rather than a meeting policy. No commenter supported B, C, or D.

Official Reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/devices/teams-panels

Exam Strategy

In MS-700 questions about Teams device features such as Panels, Teams Rooms, and phones, map the setting to the device management area of the Teams admin center. Device-level display and occupancy options are almost always in a configuration profile, not in meeting or messaging policies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the maximum room occupancy notification setting for Teams panels?

In the Teams admin center under Teams devices > Panels > Configuration profiles, toggle Maximum room occupancy notification for the panel.

Is a meeting policy used for room occupancy warnings on Teams panels?

No. Meeting policies control meeting features, while panel display settings like occupancy notifications are managed through device configuration profiles.

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