Microsoft Teams now lets admins block external bots from meetings

Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams meeting protection policy that allows administrators to automatically block all identified external bots from joining Teams meetings. This new feature builds on another Teams policy introduced in June that added smarter bot protection , ensuring all detected bots are tagged in the lobby and require organizer approval before joining [1].

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1. bleepingcomputer.com · Microsoft Teams now lets admins block external bots from meetings Aug 24, 2026

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