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Microsoft Teams: Trust Indicators – a new way of representing users outside your organization

From Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando · Microsoft may not have sent this notice to your tenant.
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  • Seen 11 Dec 2025 mid-January 2026, early February 2026 → mid-February 2026, early March 2026
  • Seen 19 Nov 2025 early January 2026 → mid-January 2026, early February 2026
  • Seen 30 Sep 2025 early January 2050 → early January 2026

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Updated December 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Introduction

To help users quickly identify external participants in Microsoft Teams and reduce the risk of oversharing sensitive information, we’re introducing Trust Indicators—visual labels (badges or icons) next to people’s names. These indicators signal whether someone is external to your organization, a guest, or an anonymous meeting participant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 515169.

When this will happen

Public Preview: Begins rolling out late September 2025; expected completion by late November 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Begins rolling out mid-February 2026 (previously mid-January); expected completion by early March 2026 (previously early February).

How this affects your organization

Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users across commercial, GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments.

What will happen:

  • Users will see badges or icons next to names of external participants in Teams:
  • The visual indicator will vary depending on the relationship (guest, external, anonymous):
  • These indicators will appear across multiple Teams surfaces.
  • No admin action is required to enable this feature; it will be ON by default.

What you can do to prepare

No action is required to enable the feature.

Admins can:

  • Review the documentation to understand the types of Trust Indicators and their behavior: Representation of users outside your organization | Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
  • Communicate this change to helpdesk or support teams.
  • Update internal documentation if you reference user identity indicators in Teams.

Compliance considerations

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What changed

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  1. Updated November 19,December 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction: … November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Begins rolling out mid-Januarymid-February 2026 (previously late November 2025); mid-January); expected completion by early FebruaryMarch 2026 (previously early January).February). How this affects your organization: Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users …

  2. Updated November 4,19, 2025: We have updated the content.timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction: To help users quickly identify external … November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Begins rolling out mid-January 2026 (previously late November 2025;2025); expected completion by early January 2026.February 2026 (previously early January). How this affects your organization: Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users …

  3. Updated September 30,November 4, 2025: We have updated the title and timeline. content. Thank you for your patience. Introduction: To help users quickly identify external … is external to your organization, a guest, or an anonymous meeting participant. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 515169. When this will happen: Public Preview: Begins rolling out late September 2025; …

    • Title Trust Indicators- A new way of representing users outside your organization → Microsoft Teams: Trust Indicators – a new way of representing users outside your organization
    • Tags New feature, User impact, Admin impact → Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact

    Updated September 30, 2025: We have updated the title and timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction: To help users quickly identify external participants in Microsoft Teams and … DoD): Begins rolling out late November 2025; expected completion by early January 2050.2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users …

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