Microsoft has introduced a new Teams admin policy that allows organizers to prevent third-party bots from joining meetings without approval.
This new feature was first announced in a March Microsoft 365 roadmap entry, when Microsoft said that it would be available across Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS platforms for worldwide standard multi-tenant and GCC cloud environments.
Once enabled, the policy will block malicious apps controlled by threat actors or third-party bots (used for note-taking, transcription, or other automated tasks) from joining Teams meetings, ensuring attendees know a non-human participant has been added.
The policy gives organizations more control and visibility over external bots in their meetings, helping them identify bots more easily and adding safeguards designed to ensure that only the intended participants and tools can join.
"The new policy in the Teams Admin Center, Manage external bots and their access to meetings, can be assigned to individual users or specific groups," Microsoft said on Monday.
