Teams Webinar site setup not requiring registration

Hi @Mike Riley, 

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.  

Microsoft Teams’ webinar platform treats the event organizer and co-organizers as hosts, not attendees. As a result:  

• Organizers and co-organizers cannot register as attendees for the events they host.  
• When you click the Register button while signed in as an organizer, Teams recognizes your account as a host and redirects you to the organizer join experience, not the attendee registration flow, even though the button appears active on the public event page.  

I tested this behavior in my own environment, and indeed, when not signed in, the Register button remains enabled and leads to the attendee registration form:  

By default, as an organizer, you are already registered and don’t need to go through the attendee registration process. If you would like to test the attendee registration experience, you can:  

Open the webinar link in a private/incognito browser window.  

Sign out of your organizer account and sign in with a non-organizer account (such as a guest or personal Microsoft account)  

I hope this response has helped address your question and clarify the behavior you're experiencing. Please feel free to reply if you have any further questions, I would be happy to assist further.  

Thank you for your patience and your understanding. I look forward to continuing the conversation.  

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