[UPDATED] Microsoft Delays Teams' Controversial Location Tracking Again, Release Now Set for March

[UPDATE: January 23, 2026 | 23:00 IST] As spotted by Forbes on the official Microsoft 365 Roadmap, Microsoft has once again delayed Teams’ controversial location tracking feature, pushing the rollout to March 2026 after previously targeting February 2026. Prior to that, the company had plans to make the feature generally available for Wibdows and Mac users in January.

Alongside the delay, Microsoft has continued tweaking Teams, recently making the new Calendar mandatory, unlocking select Premium features for enterprise users at no extra cost, and adding brand impersonation protection for voice calls.

[ORIGINAL STORY] It’s has been quite sometime since Microsoft added Teams automatic location tracking feature to its official 365 Roadmap. When we reported on it back in October, the feature’s description, at the time read, “When users connect to their organization’s Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in.”

Back then, Microsoft mentioned that the roll out would begin in December. Teams users, especially those working from home and in a hybrid setup, were understandably annoyed by this change and critized the feature all over social media. This apparently made Microsoft to revise the details on the official roadmap and push back the roll out timeline to January 2026.

Cyber Press, however, picked up the changes and reported that the feature will be turned off by default, and will require admins to enable it by prompting users for permission. Here’s what was added to the feature’s description:

This feature will be off by default. Tenant admins will decide whether to enable it and require end-users to opt-in.

Fast forward to today, folks at MakeUseOf reached out to Microsoft for clarification on the newly added details and the rollout delay. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn’t give out any details. Speaking with the news outlet, a Microsoft spokesperson said:

Thank you for reaching out. The M365 Roadmap reflects the latest information; otherwise, Microsoft has nothing to share.

Although Microsoft is mum about the changes and delay, the good news is that anyone skeptical or annoyed by the idea of their boss tracking them can relax, because the feature will still be off by default.