MC912707 - Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment will default to "On" (configure now)

Updated April 4,February 6, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Updated February 6, 2025: Please verify that all previously set values remain unchanged and as intended.

A new csTeamsAIPolicy policy for Microsoft Teams (available now via Microsoft PowerShell and taking effect in mid-March 2025 (previously mid-February) will give IT admins more control over voice and face enrollment settings, allowing organizationsComing soon to manage these features based on their needs. After rollout, voice and face profile enrollment will be enabled by default, and users can benefit from voice isolation, speaker recognition, and attribution in meeting rooms, resulting in smarter meeting recaps and enhanced functionality for Microsoft 365 Copilot in meetings. To accessBusiness Chat (BizChat): Users will be able to use CIQ to ground their Copilot features,prompts with third-party data from their Microsoft Graph Connectors.

Context IQ (CIQ) is a set of AI capabilities from Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Mac desktop.

NOTE: Microsoft doesn't use the voice and face profiles ofthat allows users to train any modelssearch for, select, and insert relevant enterprise or for any other purposes other than providing the voicepersonal data directly into their prompts or conversations. This capability helps users to “ground” or anchor their prompts in specific, contextually relevant data, making responses more accurate, specific, and face enrollment feature in Microsoft Teams.useful.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413708413111.

When this will happen:

The new Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets are available now for admins to configure, to ensure a smooth transition.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC)(Worldwide): The new Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets are available now for preparation and to ensure a smooth transition. The policy takes effect starting in mid-We will begin rolling out late March 2025 (previously mid-late February) and is expectedexpect to be fully in effectcomplete by lateearly April 2025 (previously lateearly March).

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout,No impact for the current policy csTeamsMeetingPolicy hastenant admin. End users will see a single setting, EnrollUserOverride,new Other tab in CIQ to add their third-party data from any MS Graph Connectors that allows the administrator to enable or disable the enrollment of both face and voice profile of users.are enabled.

After this rollout, the new csTeamsAIPolicy will replace the existing enrollment setting in csTeamsMeetingPolicy. The new csTeamsAIPolicy has two settings, EnrollFace and EnrollVoice, that

This change will be set to Enabled available by default.

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date.date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your adminsusers about this change and update any relevant documentation.

If your organization prefers to disable voice and face enrollments, review and update your settings before mid-March 2025 (previously mid-January). To help you get started, review:

• Set-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn
• Get-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn

Learn more: Overview of voice and face enrollment - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

If your organization prefers to disable voice and face enrollments, review and update your settingsUsing Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Microsoft 365 Copilot - Microsoft Support (will be updated before mid-March 2025 (previously mid-February). rollout)

Important: The EnrollUserOverride setting can be assigned globally, directly to users, or to groups in PowerShell.

Admins must ensure that changes are applied consistently across all these locations to avoid unintended configurations.