Anonymous Users SHALL NOT Be Enabled to Start Meetings

Description

This setting controls which meeting participants can start a meeting. In this instance, the term “anonymous users” refers to any Teams users joining calls that are not authenticated through the company’s tenant.

Policy

• Anonymous users SHALL NOT be enabled to start meetings in the Global (Org-wide default) meeting policy or in custom meeting policies if any exist.

Licensing Considerations

Any Teams licensing supports this configuration.

Set Up Instructions

Microsoft Resources: Control who can bypass the meeting lobby in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

To configure settings for anonymous users:

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Teams admin center.

2. Select Meetings -> Meeting policies.

3. Select the Global (Org-wide default) policy.

4. Under the Participants & guests section, set Let anonymous people start a meeting to Off.

5. If custom policies have been created, repeat these steps for each policy, selecting the appropriate policy in step 3

End-User Impact

Level: Low

This is only affecting external users who enter a meeting as anonymous.

Tips

None Currently

PowerShell Scripts

Configure Meeting Policy Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy (SkypeForBusiness) | Microsoft Learn

Videos

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