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AllowFederatedUsers: Set to False to stop chat and calling with Teams users in other tenants.Other settings in the external federation configuration include: Set-CsTenantFederationConfiguration -AllowTeamsConsumer $False # Disable both outbound access (AllowTeamsConsumer) and inbound access (AllowTeamsConsumerInbound) for Teams consumer users For example, this command disables both settings.
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You can also update the Teams consumer controls with PowerShell by running the Set-CsTenantFederationConfiguration cmdlet.
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Figure 1 shows that this setting is Off.įigure 1: Options in the Teams admin center to handle external access with Teams consumer usersīy default, both settings are On, meaning that if you don’t update them, full bi-directional chat is available between Teams enterprise and consumer users. Set Off to stop this happening and prevent unsolicited contact from Teams consumer users. External users with Teams accounts not managed by an organization can contact users in my organization: Set On to allow Teams external users to search for and contact users in your tenant using their SIP address (usually the same as their primary SMTP address and user principal name).People in my organization can communicate with Teams users whose accounts aren’t managed by an organization: Set On to allow your users to communicate with Teams consumer users.Two controls are available in the External access section of the Teams admin center: Settings in the tenant’s external federation configuration control the communication with Teams consumer users (also called “ Teams accounts not managed by an organization”). But then again, you can also search for Teams enterprise users with their phone number, if you really must… Tenant Controls for External Federation with Teams Consumer Another interesting aspect is that Teams enterprise users can find Teams consumer users with their email address or phone number (obviously, this must be the phone number registered by the user when they signed up for Teams consumer). Unlike external federation with Skype consumer users, Teams consumer supports both 1:1 and group chats. Up to now, any attempt to chat with a Teams enterprise user from Teams consumer results in an exchange of email, which is not quite the immediate connection delivered by chat.Īccording to MC296208, roll-out of external access for Teams consumer starts in early January and should complete in mid-January.
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Given the presence of a Teams consumer client in Windows 11 and Microsoft’s fervent hope that people will embrace Teams consumer, it’s unsurprising that consumer and enterprise Teams users should be able to communicate. Message center notification MC296208 (updated January 4, Microsoft 365 roadmap item 88381) expands external federation to cover chat (but not calling) with Teams consumer users. Bringing Teams Consumer into the Chat Fold For instance, an organization might decide to limit external federation to a subset of tenants considered necessary for business communications. Administrators can manage the configuration through the External access section under Users in the Teams admin center. By default, the tenant external federation configuration allows communication with Teams users in any tenant. Both features are enabled by external federation, the component which manages user ability to communicate outside the tenant.
Microsoft added the capability to chat with Skype consumer users in 2020. This is a very useful capability because it means that you don’t need to have a guest account in a tenant to communicate with its users. Teams users have been able to chat and call people in other Teams tenants for some years. Per-User Control for External Federation.Tenant Controls for External Federation with Teams Consumer.Bringing Teams Consumer into the Chat Fold.