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How to easily lock your Teams meetings
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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We’re constantly talking about staying safe while on the internet and exercising safety even when conducting important meetings.
And since we are talking about meetings, if you would like to secure your Teams meetings by stopping latecomers or even uninvited guests, we got you covered.
How can I lock my Teams meeting?
Basically, anyone that tries to join the meeting after you already blocked it will receive a notification telling them that it will be impossible to join, as the meeting is locked.
However, people who were invited to the meeting but are unable to join can still access the meeting chat, recording, and other info.
And if the lock is no longer necessary, you can easily unlock the meeting, thus allowing everyone else to join.
For this to work, make sure you’re signed into Teams with your work or school account.
That’s pretty much all you have to do if you want to secure your Teams meeting. However, you might want to remove this lock and permit other people to join.
How do I unlock a Teams meeting?
Don’t be alarmed, as the process of reversing this action is just as simple as enabling it in the first place.
Basically, you repeat the process you went through for activating the lock, only this time you are going to select the unlock option.
Now you know how to properly secure your Teams meetings and add an extra layer of privacy to the sensitive topics you are about to discuss.
While we are on the subject of Microsoft’s flagship conferencing app, did you know that now you canaccess Teams files while offline?
Also, this application also receivedimproved phishing protectionlately, due to the continuous hybrid work period we are in.
You might also want to know that Microsoft bumped theTeams Phone Service Level Agreement to 99.99% uptime, from 99.9%.
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Alexandru Poloboc
Tech Journalist
With an overpowering desire to always get to the bottom of things and uncover the truth, Alex spent most of his time working as a news reporter, anchor, as well as TV and radio entertainment show host.
A certified gadget freak, he always feels the need to surround himself with next-generation electronics.
When he is not working, he splits his free time between making music, gaming, playing football, basketball and taking his dogs on adventures.
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Alexandru Poloboc
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With a desire to always get to the bottom of things and uncover the truth, Alex spent most of his time working as a news reporter.
