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Federated vs Trusted organizations in Meeting Policies
Thanks for your reply.
The doc site doesn't mention anything about trusted or federated organizations and what the difference is in terms of Meeting Policies in Teams.
That article explains how to allow / block all or specfic organisations.
My understanding is that by default, Skype for Business Online (and Teams) are configured to use 'open federation' - which means that users from any other organisation using Skype for Business Online or Teams would be able to bypass the lobby, because they are treated as 'federated' or trusted.
No worries, and thanks for your reply once again.
So by design, because federation is open to all external tenants with Teams/Skype they are all treated as trusted?
In that case, if i remove the "federation" by disabling the External Access for SfB/Teams in the Teams Admin center, all other organizations would then no longer be treated as trusted?
Then it would only be the organizations that I add list below, that would be able to bypass the lobby?:
It's actually quite amazing that this isn't mentioned in the docs nor anywhere else, as it is in my opinion, very misleading.
Morten Bøtkjær I'm wondering if you got any further with your testing of "trusted organizations" related to the virtual lobby in Teams meeting options. I read the doc that Rob Ellis provided and I still don't see a clear answer. We have a fairly short list of federated partners, not open federation. Do those partners enter meetings directly without waiting in the lobby if I choose People in my organization and trusted organizations for bypass lobby in the meeting options?
Thanks!
George Cabe wrote:...Do those partners enter meetings directly without waiting in the lobby if I choose People in my organization and trusted organizations for bypass lobby in the meeting options?
That is my understanding - yes. You have federated with them, therefore they are a 'trusted organization'.
I think this article might explain it slightly better, and in the context of Teams - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/manage-external-access
