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Summary
New transcription policies for Microsoft Teams town halls and webinars will be available, allowing finer control over transcriptions. Rollout starts late April 2025 and completes by mid-May 2025. Admins can configure policies via Teams admin center or PowerShell commands. Review and update configurations and notify users.
Details
Updated April 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Before this rollout, for a Microsoft Teams town hall or webinar, the transcription behavior respects the current Teams meeting transcription policies. After this rollout, new transcription policies will be available for town halls and webinars to allow finer control over transcriptions. The policies may be changed in the Teams admin center or with Microsoft PowerShell commands. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473886.
When this will happen:
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-May 2025 (previously mid-April).
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-May 2025 (previously mid-April).
How this will affect your organization:
These new transcription policies for webinars and town halls will determine whether transcription is allowed for a town hall or webinar. Town halls and webinars will no longer respect the Teams Meeting transcription policies.
The new policies will be available by default for admins to configure.
What you need to do to prepare:
Before the rollout, we encourage you to use PowerShell commands to update the default values of the transcription policies for webinars and town halls. After the rollout, you can use Teams admin center or PowerShell commands to update the values.
Examples of PowerShell commands to set the town hall or webinar policy:
Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy -Identity Global -TranscriptionForTownhall Enabled
Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy -Identity Global -TranscriptionForWebinar Enabled
Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.
Learn more: New-CsTeamsEventsPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn