GoKawiilMicrosoft Teams adds admin setting to auto-block external bots from meetings
Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams meeting protection policy letting admins automatically block all identified external bots from joining meetings, without requiring organizer approval. This expands on a June update that flagged bots in the lobby but still let organizers admit them manually. The feature is off by default, deploying via targeted release through August with general availability expected by late September.
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Bots—both legitimate note-takers and malicious tools controlled by attackers—can silently join meetings, and Microsoft has flagged rising abuse of Teams for phishing and network infiltration. Giving admins a blanket block option reduces exposure to covert automated participants without relying on organizers to catch and reject them in real time.
- New policy auto-blocks external bots from Teams meetings, no organizer approval needed
- Builds on June's lobby-tagging feature that still required manual admission decisions
- Rolling out now, off by default, full availability expected by late September
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