Microsoft rolls out an update to Microsoft Teams that introduces a new meeting protection policy for administrators. The policy allows admins to automatically block identified external bots from joining Teams meetings.
The change is presented as a way to reduce unwanted or potentially risky bot activity during meetings by preventing those external bots from entering. Both outlets describe the feature as an admin-controlled setting that can be applied at the policy level, rather than requiring manual intervention per meeting.
While the core functionality is the same across sources, the framing differs slightly. One outlet emphasizes the rollout of the protection policy and the automated blocking behavior. The other highlights that administrators “finally” get the option to block external bots, and adds cautionary language that users should review how the setting behaves before relying on it for all meeting scenarios. Both accounts point to an upcoming or ongoing deployment for Teams administrators rather than a fully retroactive change for already running environments.
