Microsoft Teams: Voice and Face Enrollment Dashboard for Admins

🚨 The Signal: Admins now have a dashboard in Teams Admin Center to monitor voice and facial profile enrollments. This provides visibility into biometric data collection crucial for AI-enhanced meeting features, impacting privacy and data governance.

The Impact

Teams Admins and Security Teams are affected, with a moderate risk to privacy and data governance due to biometric data visibility.

• Teams Admins: New visibility into biometric data enrollment, requiring privacy policy review.
• Security Teams: Need to assess biometric data handling and compliance implications.
• Users: Biometric data enrollment is now more transparent to administrators, impacting privacy perception.

The Action

1. Review existing privacy policies regarding biometric data collection and usage in Microsoft Teams.
2. Communicate to users about the purpose and scope of voice and face enrollment for AI features.
3. Assess the dashboard metrics in Teams Admin Center (https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/) to understand enrollment trends.
4. Consult ASD ISM controls for biometric data handling and ensure compliance posture.

Domain: Teams · Impact: medium · Workload: Teams