MC796790 - Unified management of app and agent availability and installation in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app

For tenants with agent or app availability differences across both admin centers, a wizard in the Teams admin center will help identify affected agents and apps and guide through resolving discrepancies.

1. As part of this phase we will also enable administrators to manage Microsoft 365 certified SaaS applications within their tenant through org-wide settings for third-party apps. We will begin rollingThis has been rolled out this feature in January 2026 and complete rollout by end of July 2026 (previously June).completely for all tenants.
2. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485712 & 503105.

This phase has been fully rolled out to all tenants. Tenants can choose to align through the wizard experience available in Teams admin center.

Note: In this phase, no changes will be applied to org-wide settings or app-level settings without administrator action.

3. Phase 3 – Automatic Unification (Future)

Tenants that haven’t transitioned as part of Phase 1 & Phase 2, will be automatically moved to unified app agent management. We willWe’ll update this post later with athe timeline and more details later.additional details, with advance notice.

4. Phase 4 – UnifiedB: Unify app and agent installation managementacross admin centers

Timeline: We will begin rolling out this phase late JulyAugust 2026 through the end of Phase 3 rollout window. and expect to complete by mid-September 2026

In this phase, app and agent installation management is unified across the Teams admin center and Microsoft 365 admin center. Admins can manage supported app and agent installations from either portal, and changes remain synchronized across both experiences. For tenants already moved to a unified state in Phase 1 or Phase 2, no additional action is required. Their existing eligible installation assignments will remain synchronized across both admin centers.

Important: App installation is no longer managed through Teams app setup policies. App installations previously made through app setup policies are not unified as part of this change.

1. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 567883

How this will affect your organization

Before this rollout, managing Teams apps that also work in Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app was fragmented across two admin centers:

1. the Integrated apps and Agent apps pages in the Microsoft 365 admin center, and
2. the Manage apps page in the Teams admin center.

1. You’ll gain a consolidated view of agent and Microsoft 365 app availability across both Microsoft 365 and Teams admin centers.
2. Changes made in either admin center to the agent and app availability will automatically apply across all supported hosts.
3. Organization-wide defaults for both admin centers will be in sync and govern app availability across Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 copilot app.

What you need to do to prepare

To ensure a smooth transition, review your tenant-level and individual agent/app settings (app allow/block & user availability) in both the Microsoft 365 Admin Center and the Teams Admin Center. If different departments within your organization manage these settings, we suggest coordinating efforts to complete the review collaboratively.

This update will be rolled out automatically by the stated date, and no immediate action is required. However, it's a good time to update any internal documentation related to agent and app management policies. 

Learn more: Unified agent and app availability management across Microsoft 365 and Teams Admin Centers - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn