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Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment defaulting to 'On'

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10 Jan 2025 654d ago Act by , as Microsoft's metadata states

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  • Seen 4 Apr 2025 late March 2025 → late April 2025
  • Seen 31 Jan 2025 early February 2025, mid-February 2025 → mid-March 2025, late March 2025
  • Seen 28 Nov 2024 early January 2025 → early February 2025, mid-February 2025
  • Seen 19 Sep 2024 mid-January 2024 → early October 2024, mid-October 2024

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Updated April 4, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We're introducing a new policy that gives IT admins enhanced flexibility with distinct settings for voice and face enrollment. This adjustment provides greater control over managing these features, allowing organizations to tailor to their needs. Voice and face biometric enrollment will be enabled by default, enabling voice isolation and speaker recognition in meeting rooms and enhancing intelligent meeting recaps and Microsoft Copilot for meetings. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413708. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out the new policy in early October 2024 and expect complete by mid-October 2024. The policy will be enabled beginning in mid-March 2025 (previously early February) and expect to be complete by late April 2025 (previously late March). How this will affect your organization: These changes will provide your organization with increased flexibility in managing voice and face enrollments. By using separate settings, you can customize for your organization's specific needs. The enrollment policy will be enabled by default. Once enabled, these enrollments will activate features like Voice Isolation and enhanced speaker recognition, leading to more efficient and productive meetings. What you need to do to prepare: To ensure you have enough time to prepare for this change, you have until mid-January 2025 to configure everything to best suit your needs. If your organization requires keeping face and voice enrollments off, be sure to review the new policy and adjust the settings during this time. This period provides an opportunity to optimize how you manage voice and face data, enhancing your team's control over the process. The new csTeamsAIPolicy will replace the current csTeamsMeetingPolicy, introducing two separate settings for face and voice enrollment: EnrollFace and EnrollVoice. Each can be set to Enabled or Disabled. To help you get ready, review: Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy Get-CsTeamsAIPolicy  For more information about voice and face enrollment, visit Overview of voice and face enrollment - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

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  1. Updated January 31,April 4, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your … mid-March 2025 (previously early February) and expect to be complete by late MarchApril 2025 (previously mid-February).late March). How this will affect your organization: These changes will provide your organization …

  2. Updated November 27, 2024:January 31, 2025: We have updated the content.rollout timeline below. Thank you for your feedback.patience. We're introducing a new policy that gives IT admins enhanced flexibility with … expect complete by mid-October 2024. The policy will be enabled beginning in early February mid-March 2025 (previously early January)February) and expect to be complete by mid-Februarylate March 2025 (previously mid-January).mid-February). How this will affect your organization: These changes will provide your organization …

  3. Updated November 22,27, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your feedback. We're … complete by mid-October 2024. The policy will be enabled beginning in early JanuaryFebruary 2025 (previously early January) and expect to be complete by mid-January 2025.mid-February 2025 (previously mid-January). How this will affect your organization: These changes will provide your organization …

  4. Updated September 20,November 22, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity.content. Thank you for your feedback. We're introducing a new policy that gives …

  5. Updated September 19,20, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for … information about voice and face enrollment, visit Overview of voice and face enrollment.enrollment - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

    • Act by 20 Jan 2025 → 10 Jan 2025
    • Tags New feature, Admin impact → Updated message, New feature, Admin impact

    Updated September 19, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. We're introducing a new policy that gives IT admins enhanced flexibility with … this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out the new policy in early October 2024 and expect complete by mid-October 2024. The policy will be enabled beginning in early January 2025 and expect to be completedcomplete by mid-January 2025. How this will affect your organization: These changes will … have enough time to prepare for this change, you have until mid-January 20242025 to configure everything to best suit your needs. If your organization requires … can be set to Enabled or Disabled. To help you get ready, we’ve provided a detailed guide on configuring the new policy: Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy. review: Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy Get-CsTeamsAIPolicy  For more information about voice and face enrollment, visit Overview of voice …

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