MC1197146 – M365 Change Digest

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Teams will prompt users to enroll their voice profile during meetings for enhanced AI features; feature is ON by default for enterprise tenants starting February 2026.

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RoadmapIds

537269

Summary

Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced meeting features. It rolls out to enterprise tenants (excluding EDU) starting February 2026, is on by default, and can be managed by admins via PowerShell. Organizations should review policies and communicate changes accordingly.

Platforms

Desktop, Mac, TeamsAndSurfaceDevices

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[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 February 2026 and is expected to complete by mid-February 2026.
General Availability: Rollout begins mid-February 2026 and is expected to complete by end of February 2026.

[How this will affect your organization:]

Who is affected:

All enterprise 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.
If your organization previously disabled voice enrollment policies, this feature will not apply.
Admins can manage this setting using new PowerShell cmdlets under the PassiveVoiceEnroll configuration in the csTeamsAIPolicy policy.

[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 PassiveVoiceEnroll 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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