Updated June 24, 2025: The phased roll out to GA began last week at 10%. If enabled on admin center, the name pronunciation feature should show on Teams and Outlook web, Teams Desktop and New Outlook. Roll out to 100% Production is expected by the end of the June. 

We will be starting roll out of the feature to Production on Tuesday 13th May 2025. The roll out should take a week and a half to complete to 100%.

Admins who have toggled the feature ON should expect the feature to be available on the Profile card for users to record. "

Updated April 29, 2025: We have now shipped the admin control, the name pronunciation feature is OFF by default so admins will need to toggle it ON. The instructions in this support document explain how to turn the feature on.

Important! Starting from April 29, 2025, if you haven't turned the name pronunciation feature ON, any existing recordings on profile cards will be deleted. Your users will need to re-record their name pronunciation.

The admin toggle for Name Pronunciation is rolling out to Production starting this week. Admins will be required to configure in the admin center to avoid loss of data. Instructions to configure are in this support article. Please expect the admin toggle in the admin center starting the week of April 14th through April 18th, 2025.

 We will be shipping to preview without the admin toggle however an admin toggle will be available before general availability. If there are concerns or your organisation wants to opt out, please raise an incident to address this. 

Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams: A name pronunciation feature on the profile card in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook. This new feature helps promote diversity by giving working colleagues relevant information about each other. Names are a crucial part of a person’s identity. The incorrect pronunciation of a person’s name can lead to anxiety and offense in some cases. Correctly pronouncing a person’s name helps to create an inclusive environment.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420329.

Pronunciation data is stored in each user's mailbox until the user deletes the recording. Learn more: Data Residency for Exchange Online - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, new Outlook for Windows desktop, and new Outlook for web.