MC1197146 – M365 Change Digest

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Teams will soon prompt users to enroll a voice profile during meetings for improved AI and Copilot features; admins can manage this setting via policy before rollout in June 2026.

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537269

Summary

Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced meeting features. Rollout starts June 2026, excluding EDU tenants, and is ON by default for enterprises. Admins can manage or disable it via PowerShell. Users will be prompted to enroll by speaking during meetings.

Platforms

Desktop, Mac, TeamsAndSurfaceDevices

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Updated April 30, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

[Introduction]

Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven’t enrolled, you’ll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization.

This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: Rollout begins early June 2026 (previously early May) and is expected to complete by mid-June 2026 (previously mid-May).
General Availability: Rollout begins mid-June 2026 (previously mid-May) and is expected to complete by late June 2026 (previously end of May).

[How this will affect your organization:]

Who is affected:

All commercial Microsoft Teams customers except Education (EDU) tenants.

What will happen:

A new voice enrollment experience will be available in Teams.
Users will receive an in-product prompt to enroll their voice profile by speaking during a meeting.
The feature will be ON by default for enterprise tenants.
EDU tenants are excluded from this rollout.
Admins can disable this feature or manage settings using PowerShell in the PassiveVoiceEnrollment configuration in the csTeamsAIPolicy policy. Refer to Set-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeams) | Microsoft Learn for more information.
If your organization previously disabled voice enrollment policies (under the EnrollVoice configuration), that policy will still be in effect and this express enrollment feature will not apply change this value.
Starting April 20, for all tenants that have set EnrollVoice to disabled, Microsoft will apply the same value to PassiveVoiceEnrollment for consistency.
To disable voice enrollment entirely for your organization, please make sure both EnrollVoice and PassiveVoiceEnrollment configurations are disabled.
If you choose to change the default policy setting or disable voice enrollment entirely, users will not be able to fully benefit from features like speaker recognition, transcript attribution, intelligent audio/video experiences, or receive the most insightful meeting recaps and responses from Copilot and agents.

[What you can do to prepare:]

Review your organization’s Teams AI policy settings before rollout.
If you want to disable this feature, update the PassiveVoiceEnrollment configuration using PowerShell.
Communicate this change to your helpdesk and end users as needed.
Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability.

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified; review as appropriate for your organization.

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