Microsoft Teams: Block all identified external bots automatically from joining your meetings

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Teams now offers an automatic block for all identified external bots from joining meetings. This enhances control over external AI access, reducing potential data exposure and meeting disruption.

The Impact

Security teams and Teams admins are affected by improved control over external bots, reducing risks of data leakage and unauthorized access.

  • Security Teams: Reduced risk of unauthorized data access by external bots.
  • Teams Admins: Enhanced control over meeting security and external participant management.
  • Meeting Organizers: Increased confidence in meeting privacy and integrity.
  • Users: Safer meeting environments, less disruption from unwanted external bots.

The Action

  1. Navigate to Teams Admin Center > Meetings > Meeting Policies.
  2. Select or create a policy.
  3. Locate the 'External bots' setting.
  4. Choose 'Automatically block all identified bots'.

Domain: Teams · Impact: medium · Workload: Teams · Essential Eight: User Application Hardening · ISM: ISM-1412, ISM-1485, ISM-1486, ISM-1542, ISM-1585, ISM-1667, ISM-1668, ISM-1669, ISM-1670, ISM-1823, ISM-1824, ISM-1859, ISM-1860