Microsoft Teams is currently being groomed to take over for Skype for Business once Skype4B is officially discontinued. As part of this process, Microsoft is constantly adding innovative features to Teams in order to make it the best communication and collaboration platform out there – the latest in a long line being the Live Events feature. Live Events allows members of an organization to broadcast meetings and conference calls to a much larger audience. With the Live Events feature, basically anyone with a working internet connection can tune in to a Teams meeting.

How to Fix Live Events Missing or not Working in Microsoft Teams? - 1

Microsoft Teams’ Live Events feature

While the ability to make your organization’s meetings available for the masses to view is pretty impressive, many Teams users are reporting problems with the Live Events. Affected users are unable to broadcast their meetings publicly, either because the Live Events feature is simply missing from their client or the interface options for it are grayed out.

What causes the Live Events feature to be missing or not work?

  • Live events not being configured as publicly visible in the Admin Center – By default, users of Microsoft Teams within an organization won’t be able to broadcast their meetings publicly. Live events will have to be configured as publicly visible within the Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center by the organization’s IT admin in order for meetings to be visible to people outside the organization.

What to do if the Live Events feature is missing or not working

The only way to get the Live Events feature in your Microsoft Teams client or to be able to broadcast meetings publicly is to change Teams’ policies for live events from within the Admin Center. In order to do so, you need to be able to access your organization’s Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center. If you do not have access to the Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center for your organization, get hold of someone who does and brief them on what needs to be done. To make Teams Live Events visible to the general public, you need to:

  1. On a supported internet browser, navigate to the Microsoft Teams Admin Center .
  2. Log in with your admin credentials. Log in to the Microsoft Teams Admin Center
  3. In the navigation pane on the left side of your screen, click on Meetings > Live event policies . Navigate to Meetings > Live event policies
  4. Open the dropdown menu next to the Attendee visibility mode option.
  5. Click on Everyone in the dropdown menu to select the option. Select the Everyone option
  6. Click on Save to save the changes you have made.

Once the new visibility policy for Teams Live Events has been synced with all clients and takes effect, all Teams users within the organization will be able to create Live Events and broadcast them for anyone to view.

How to Fix “Printer is in an error state” Issue?

The error “ WinRAR Error: Next Volume Is Required ” usually appears when you’re extracting a multi-part RAR archive and WinRAR can’t find (or can’t correctly identify) the next file in the sequence . This often happens when a volume is missing , stored in a different folder , or renamed in a way that breaks the archive’s expected order .

How to Fix Live Events Missing or not Working in Microsoft Teams? - 2

In this guide, we’ll go over the most reliable fixes confirmed by affected users, along with what each method is doing behind the scenes so you can choose the right one for your situation.

Important: To extract multi-volume archives, you should always start extraction from the first file in the set. This is usually file.part1.rar , or (in older sets) the main .rar file that comes before .r01 , .r02 , and so on.

1. Download and Place the Missing RAR File

WinRAR needs all parts of a multi-volume archive to complete extraction. This error usually appears when one of the volumes in a set like .part2.rar , .r01 , .r02 , .001 , and similar naming formats is missing . Downloading the missing volume and placing it in the same folder as the other parts allows WinRAR to continue extracting normally .

  1. Look at the error message or review the list of archive parts in the folder.
  2. Identify which volume is missing (for example, part2.rar , .r02 , .001 , etc.).
  3. Go back to the website or source where you downloaded the archive.
  4. Locate and download the exact missing file using the same naming format as the others.
  5. Make sure the new file name matches the pattern of the rest. Example: If you have file.part1.rar and file.part3.rar , the missing one must be file.part2.rar .
  6. Move the downloaded missing volume into the same folder as the other archive parts.
  7. Confirm that all parts are in a single folder before extracting.
  8. Right-click the first file in the series (usually part1 or the main .rar file) and select Extract Here or Extract to Folder .
  9. WinRAR should now detect all volumes and continue extraction normally .

2. Manually Browse & Select the Next Volume

Use this method only if the next volume already exists , but WinRAR is failing to detect it automatically. This can happen due to incorrect naming , the file being in a different location , or a temporary file access issue. Manually browsing helps WinRAR locate the correct volume and resume extraction without interruption .

  1. Right-click the first file in the series (usually .rar or part1.rar ) and select Extract Here or Extract to Folder .
  2. When WinRAR cannot find the next volume, it will show the “ Next Volume Is Required ” message.
  3. A small window will appear, allowing you to manually select the next volume .
  4. Use the file explorer window to locate the folder where the other archive parts are saved.
  5. Select the next part based on the naming order (example: select file.part2.rar after file.part1.rar ).
  6. Make sure the selected file matches the naming format of the archive (no extra characters like (1) and no mismatched numbering).
  7. WinRAR will resume extraction using the selected volume .
  8. If additional volumes are missing or stored separately, WinRAR may prompt you again. Repeat the same process until extraction completes.

3. Rename the RAR files in Order

WinRAR relies on a proper naming sequence (such as file.part1.rar , file.part2.rar , file.part3.rar ) to extract multi-volume archives. If a file is named incorrectly, contains extra characters, or is out of order, WinRAR may fail to locate the next volume and show this error. Renaming the files correctly helps WinRAR follow the sequence and extract the archive without interruptions .

Note: Renaming only changes the file name , not the file contents. The goal is to restore the correct sequence so WinRAR can detect the next volume.

  1. Go to the folder where all the RAR files are saved.
  2. Make sure all parts of the archive are present and stored in the same folder .
  3. Check how the parts are currently named . Common patterns include:
file.part1.rar, file.part2.rar, file.part3.rar
file.rar, file.r01, file.r02, file.r03
  1. Look for files that don’t match the expected numbering pattern (for example, file.part01.rar , file.part1(1).rar , or unrelated names).
  2. Rename each file so it follows the same order without extra characters or mismatched numbering. Example:
Incorrect: file.part1.rar, file.part3.rar, file.part2(1).rar
Correct: file.part1.rar, file.part2.rar, file.part3.rar
  1. Make sure the text before the number is exactly the same for all files.
  2. Only the last part number should change.
  3. Right-click the first file in the series (usually part1.rar or the main .rar file) and select Extract Here .
  4. WinRAR should now recognize the sequence and continue extraction normally .

If you still get the same prompt: the archive set is likely incomplete (a part was never downloaded or was removed), or one of the volumes is corrupt and must be re-downloaded from the original source.