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ChristianJBergstrom
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Aug 11, 2021
On the topic let me just add that the anonymous user will always have the prefix (Guest) when joining even though entering with a random name. Perhaps your school should consider not allowing anonymous join to Teams meetings, but if you don't want to do that at least set the lobby to not allow anonymous users to bypass the lobby and use the Teams roles.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/meeting-settings-in-teams#allow-anonymous-users-to-join-meetings

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-participant-settings-for-a-teams-meeting-53261366-dbd5-45f9-aae9-a70e6354f88e

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/roles-in-a-teams-meeting-c16fa7d0-1666-4dde-8686-0a0bfe16e019

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    Satwikpradhan
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 11, 2021
    Hello Christian
    Thanks a lot for your response, yes the school authorities have now been informed of the same and they will be doing the needful in order to avoid anonymous attendes in the future.
    In the mean time it would be really helpful if you could tell, is there really any way the anonymous user can be tracked or gotten hold off. It's really important to me as the college authorities have accused me of sending those messages.

    Thanks in advance for the help.
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      ChristianJBergstrom
      MVP
      Aug 11, 2021

      Satwikpradhan Hello, you need to enter TAC - Dashboard - Users - Meetings & calls - View session details (for the anonymous user) - Advanced. Here you will see the IP address, along with other data.

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        Satwikpradhan
        Copper Contributor
        Aug 11, 2021
        Hello I can't seem to find the advanced tab anywhere.
        Kindly help.
        All I can see is this.

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