Email OTP Verification coming to Teams Meetings

Microsoft introducing a new security feature in Teams that will enable enforcements of Email OTP verification for meetings. This new policy, "Anonymous users can join a meeting after verifying," will be available in the Teams Admin Center for all organizations. This feature is available only for meetings created by organizers with a Teams Premium license. The feature is in public preview, but should be rolling out in GA any time soon. The update will roll out automatically. Admins should consider to update the new meeting policy setting from “By e-mail code” to “No” by mid-February if they wish to continue blocking all unverified users (If "No" is the current setting). The policy is described in this article .

Teams Audio Conferencing Promo

Did you know your organization could be eligible for a one year of Audio conferencing promo, or a discount on Advanced Communications?  You can read about the promo here.

Audio conferencing is a great addition to your Teams meetings, and allow participants without data-capability to join through PSTN connectivity for audio participation.

To enable this feature after sign up, assign licenses to the users who will host meetings with PSTN participants. Here is a quick guide in the documentation library.