Microsoft has a new way to keep bots out of Teams meetings: Here’s how it will work

Microsoft is introducing a new feature in Microsoft Teams designed to prevent unwanted AI bots from automatically joining meetings. The company has started rolling out a new Teams admin policy that detects external bots, places them in the meeting lobby, and requires organisers to explicitly approve them before they can join.

In a blog post, Microsoft product marketing manager Meera Ajam wrote, “Bots have begun joining meetings that participants never intended them to attend.