Microsoft Teams: Teams Rooms Builder in the Pro Management portal

🚨 The Signal: A new visual planning tool, Teams Rooms Builder, is launching in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. It helps IT admins design and standardize meeting spaces, select compatible devices and licenses, and generate Bills of Materials. This aims to improve deployment efficiency and consistency.

The Impact

IT admins are affected; the security risk is low, primarily related to ensuring proper access controls for the new builder tool.

• IT admins: New tool for room design, requiring review of existing role-based access controls.
• Security teams: Need to ensure the 'hide Builder' option is used if the tool is not required, reducing attack surface.
• Procurement teams: Can leverage BOM generation for standardized purchasing, indirectly impacting security by ensuring approved hardware.

The Action

1. Review existing role-based access controls within the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal to ensure appropriate permissions for the Builder feature.
2. If the Builder feature is not required, navigate to the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal settings and utilize the 'hide Builder' option to disable its visibility.
3. Communicate the availability and intended use of the Teams Rooms Builder to relevant IT administration and procurement teams.

Domain: Teams · Impact: low · Workload: Teams