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HaraldFranck
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Jun 24, 2026

Can same-tenant meeting bots be routed through lobby approval like external bots?

Hello!

As far as I understand, external third-party meeting bots are now detected by Teams and routed to the lobby via RequireApprovalWhenDetected; the organizer must admit them. Same-tenant bots bypass this entirely. 

Is there currently a way to apply lobby approval to same-tenant bots so it does not appear as a participant until explicitly let into the room? If not, is this on the roadmap? Could for example be a per-app flag on the Entra app registration or a Graph API parameter on the join call.

 

All the best,

Harald

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  • Sayali-MSFT's avatar
    Sayali-MSFT
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    Jun 26, 2026

    Hello HaraldFranck,

    Currently, Teams only applies RequireApprovalWhenDetected to external/third-party bots. Same-tenant bots are treated as trusted participants and bypass the lobby by design. There is no existing Teams policy, Entra app setting, or Graph API parameter to force internal bots through lobby approval, and no public roadmap item has been announced for this capability. The only available option is broader lobby policies that affect all participants, not bots specifically.