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_sebi_
Copper Contributor
Oct 28, 2019

Settings by user/license type : Turn Microsoft Teams on or off for all users of this type

Relatively simple question relating to this setting; If I turn Teams off for all users, will I still be able to manually enable the license/application on a user to user basis?

The scenario is I would access to Teams to be "off" by default, with only certain users within the organization to have access.

Teams Settings

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  • Alex_Dunlop's avatar
    Alex_Dunlop
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 28, 2019

    Hi there, _sebi_ 

     

    I believe this can be done, see below info.

     

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/user-access

     

    Teams is enabled by default as part of the various packages, you would then need to disable it for any users who you don't want to have access.


    Alex 

    • _sebi_'s avatar
      _sebi_
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 28, 2019

      HiAlex_Dunlop 

       

      Thanks for the response! In this case I'm aware of these settings, I am wondering however if disabling this feature under Tenant-wide settings will still allow the Teams license to be enabled for users individually from within the User's profile in the 365 Admin Center as outlined in the link you provided.

       

      • SarahNorcliffe's avatar
        SarahNorcliffe
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 28, 2019

        _sebi_I beleive the ability to turn off Microsoft Teams at Tenant level is being removed at some point in the near furture. 

         

        Using Group Based Licencing (to use this feature you need to have either Azure AD P1 or E3, G3 or A3 subscriptions) would allow you to be able to have different groups of users with different products enabled. 

         

        For example you may have a group of "Standard Users" that have Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint & Yammer enabled but nothing else" with another group "Microsoft Teams Users" with all of the above products including Microsoft Teams enabled. 

         

        you can find more information on this option in the below link:

         

        https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-licensing-whatis-azure-portal

         

        Hope this help. 

         

        Thanks

         

        Sarah

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