Published Apr 19, 2024
Microsoft Teams is introducing a tenant-wide policy to control permissions for downloading meeting transcripts, with rollout updates. IT admins can exempt specific security group members. The rollout, associated with Roadmap ID 332800, has revised timelines for different releases, with no admin action required before rollout.
Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new policy for IT admis to restrict permissions to download new meeting transcript files (stored in Microsoft OneDrive) for all users in the tenant. Admins can exempt people from the policy who are members of specified security groups such as governance or compliance specialists who require download access to meeting transcripts. This rollout applies to Teams for Mac and Teams for desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 332800.
When this will happen:
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2024 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by mid-June 2024 (previously late May).
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2024 (previously late May) and expect to complete by late June 2024 (previously early June).
General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late August 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously late July)
General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by late December 2024 (previously late November).
What you need to do to prepare:
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.
Learn more: Block the download of Teams meeting recording files from SharePoint or OneDrive - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn (We will update this comm before rollout with revised documentation.)