How to disable chat during Microsoft Teams meetings

Sometimes during a Microsoft Teams meeting, the host wants to disable chat messaging to keep attendees focused on the content of the presentation.

Microsoft has now enabled the ability to disable chat, offering 3 different options:

Under Meeting Options:

Enabled (default): Attendees can chat before, during, and after the meeting.
Disabled: No one, including the organizer, can send chat messages.
During the meeting only: Attendees can chat during the meeting. The organizer can send messages at any time.

To change this setting, select an option next to.