Automatic Admittance to Meetings SHOULD Be Restricted

Description

This setting controls which meeting participants wait in the lobby before they are admitted to the meeting

Policy

• Anonymous users, including dial-in users, SHOULD NOT be admitted automatically.

• Internal users SHOULD be admitted automatically.

• B2B guest users MAY be admitted automatically.

• The above settings SHOULD be set in the Global (Org-wide default) meeting policy.

• Custom meeting policies MAY be created that allow more flexibility for specific users.

Licensing Considerations

Any Teams licensing supports this configuration.

Set Up Instructions

Microsoft Resources: Manage meeting policies for participants and guests - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

To configure settings for automatic meeting admittance:

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, ensure Automatically admit people is not set to Everyone.

5. In the same section, set Dial-in users can bypass the lobby to Off.

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

End-User Impact

Level: Low

Internal Users will need to manually admit anonymous and/or external users to meetings when they enter the lobby.

Tips

None Currently

PowerShell Scripts

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

Videos

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