Microsoft Teams Public Preview Update: Forced Policy Enables Admins to Bypass User Opt-In

-

 Microsoft Teams has announced an important update to its Public Preview, which offers early access to pre-release features for product quality, internal planning, adoption, and training readiness. The update allows IT administrators to move users to Public Preview without requiring them to opt-in manually via the Teams app.

The Public Preview policy can be enabled on a per-user basis, and the option to turn on Public Preview is controlled via Teams admin policy. Previously, when admins enabled this policy for an end-user, the user needed to opt-in via the Teams app to join Public Preview. With the introduction of the new "Forced" value for this policy, IT admins can now move users directly to Public Preview without the need for user opt-in.

Microsoft Teams will begin rolling out this update in early March, with the rollout expected to be completed by late March. This policy change will streamline the process for organizations, removing the need for users to take an extra step to opt-in to Public Preview via the Teams app.

To manage this policy, IT administrators can access the Teams Admin Center and navigate to Teams > Teams Update Policies. 

Additionally, PowerShell can be used to update this setting (CsTeamsUpdateManagementPolicy). An example cmdlet to set the Teams global policy to follow the Office preview via PowerShell is as follows:

Set-CsTeamsUpdateManagementPolicy -Identity Global -AllowPublicPreview "Forced"

Microsoft Teams also welcomes feedback on any feature in Public Preview. Encourage your users to send feedback about Teams features through Help > Give feedback and following the prompts. Their input will help shape the Microsoft Teams experience for the rest of your organization.

Location: London, UK

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Microsoft Copilot: Revolutionising Productivity in Microsoft Teams Meetings and Business Chat

-
Image
Discover how AI-powered Microsoft Copilot can elevate your Microsoft Teams meetings and enhance collaboration with Business Chat. Introduction Ever feel like there just aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish everything? Wish you had an assistant to help you with your work? Look no further than Microsoft 365 Copilot, your new productivity assistant. Microsoft Copilot leverages the power of AI technology and GPT-4 to work across the Microsoft 365 suite of applications, including Microsoft Teams meetings and Business Chat. In this blog post, we'll dive into how Microsoft Copilot can improve your productivity and collaboration in these areas. Microsoft Copilot in Teams Meetings Microsoft Copilot takes the hassle out of working together in Microsoft Teams meetings. It helps you run more effective meetings by summarising key discussion points, organising essential information, and suggesting action items in real time. With Copilot, you can quickly catch up on missed information...
Read more

Microsoft Teams: Change Call Queue and Auto Attendant Greetings and Announcements by Authorized Users

-
Image
  Message Summary Changing business conditions often require adjustments to call queue/auto attendant greetings and announcements. However, it can be difficult to identify the right Teams admin to make these changes, and addressing high request volumes can be time-consuming for the responsible admins. With the introduction of user managed CQ/AA greetings for Teams Phone, authorized users (as identified by Teams tenant admins) can change greetings and announcements for their respective call queues and auto attendant directly from the user’s Teams settings, in the “ Calls ” settings. To implement this capability, tenant admins must select permissible greetings/announcement changes for a voice policy, and then authorize specific users in the Teams Admin Center. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID  116739 When this will happen: Preview: We will begin rolling out in late March and expect to complete rollout by early April. Standard Release: We will begin rollin...
Read more

Important Changes to Whiteboard in Teams tabs

-
  Message Summary Microsoft Whiteboard is making Whiteboard tabs in Teams configurable using Teams app permission policies. This provides more control and flexibility to enable or disable Whiteboard tabs in Teams and complements the already existing meeting policy for Whiteboard in Teams meetings. How this will affect your organization: Whiteboard will become configurable via Teams app permission policies. This change applies to Whiteboard tabs but does not change Whiteboard in meetings or Teams Annotations. Tenants who have the policy of " Allow specific apps and block all others " for Microsoft apps will need to add Whiteboard to the list of specific apps once this change is in place to keep Whiteboard tabs functioning.  What you need to do to prepare: Verify if you are using “ Allow specific apps and block all others ” in the Teams Admin Center. If so, add Whiteboard to the list of allowed apps. Please note that Whiteboard will not appear until after it has rolled out to y...
Read more