# Mainroom vs. Microsoft Facilitator in Teams

> Microsoft Facilitator is a Copilot agent that runs notes, agenda and timers inside Teams meetings. Mainroom is an AI meeting agent that speaks and presents in Teams, Zoom and Google Meet. A factual comparison.

Canonical: https://mainroom.ai/compare/mainroom-vs-microsoft-facilitator/
Updated: 2026-11-01

**In one sentence:** Facilitator organizes a Teams meeting from the chat and the meeting stage; Mainroom is a speaking participant that facilitates, presents and coaches on any of the three platforms.

## What Microsoft Facilitator does

- Takes co-edited live notes during the meeting.
- Posts the agenda in the meeting chat and runs timers on the meeting stage.
- Answers questions in chat and creates Word documents and Planner tasks.
- Works in scheduled Teams meetings; adding it requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

## What Mainroom does

Mainroom builds AI agents that join Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom as participants from a calendar invite. In the call an agent speaks when addressed, puts slides and tables on the shared screen, teaches on a whiteboard, runs live browser demos the room can steer, looks things up in your tools, opens anonymous intake for the room, logs decisions and commitments as they are confirmed, and coaches the person who invited it privately. After the call it emails a recap and queues proposed actions for approval.

## Side by side

| | Microsoft Facilitator | Mainroom |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Meeting agent native to Teams | AI meeting agent (participant) |
| Platforms | Microsoft Teams (scheduled meetings) | Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom |
| License needed | Microsoft 365 Copilot to add it | None; free during beta |
| Speaks in the meeting | Not stated on its support page (chat and stage) | Yes, when addressed |
| Agenda and timers | Yes | Yes (Facilitator and Timekeeper templates) |
| Anonymous input from the room | Not stated | Yes, anonymous intake with live count |
| Slides, whiteboard, live demos | Not stated | Yes |
| Private coaching for the organizer | Not stated | Yes, companion page |
| Tasks and documents | Planner tasks, Word documents | Proposed actions you approve; any MCP server |
| External attendees | Cannot see live updates | Same experience for everyone in the call |

## Which to choose

If your meetings are all in Teams and everyone has Copilot, Facilitator organizes them with little setup. Choose Mainroom when meetings span Zoom, Meet and Teams, include people outside your company, or when you want a facilitator that speaks, draws and gathers anonymous input in the room.

## A note on accuracy

Details about other products on this page come from their public product pages as of November 1, 2026 and may have changed; check the vendor's site for current features and pricing. Mainroom details are current as of November 1, 2026. Corrections: hello@mainroom.ai.

Sources: [support.microsoft.com/en-US/teams/copilot/facilitator-in-microsoft-teams-meetings](https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/teams/copilot/facilitator-in-microsoft-teams-meetings).


## Frequently asked questions

**Can I use Microsoft Facilitator and Mainroom together?**

Yes. A Mainroom agent is one more participant in the meeting and does not need to be the recorder of record. Teams that like their current notetaker keep it.

**Does Mainroom produce a transcript and summary too?**

Yes. Every call ends with a recap email matched to the agent's role and a ledger of decisions, commitments, open questions and risks that carries to the next meeting with the same people.

**Does anything get written to my CRM without approval?**

No. Writes to systems of record arrive as proposed actions that the agent's owner approves or discards.