Microsoft Teams meeting policy has been updated to allow you to manage who can bypass the lobby.
You can update your existing (and/or default) meeting policies to define who can bypass the lobby, including dial-in users if required by accessing the Teams administration portal (https://admin.teams.microsoft.com) and reaching the Meetings\Meeting policies section
And then edit the policy you want to manage; the ‘bypass lobby’ option is available in the section Participants & Guests using the Automatically admit people setting and/or the Allow dial-in users to bypass the lobby
As end-user, you can also manage it by accessing the Meeting options link (available at the bottom of your invitation),which then open a web browser to let you define the option
Explanations for different options
Option |
What happens |
Recommended when… |
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People in my organization |
Only people in your org, including colleagues and guests who have different email domains than you do, can get into your meetings directly. |
You want all external guests to wait in the lobby so you can approve them one by one. |
People in my organization and trusted organizations |
Only people in your Teams org and external guests from trusted organizations can get into your meetings directly. |
You want some external guests to wait in the lobby so you can approve them one by one. |
Everyone |
Anyone who has access to the meeting link gets into the meeting directly, including people who call in. |
You don’t want anyone to wait in the lobby. You want everyone to be able to join your meetings without specific approval. |