Microsoft Teams will allow users to access apps in group chats with individuals outside their organization
The new policy will come to Teams in May.
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Microsoft Teams will be getting several important updates in the next weeks. We recently talked about how Microsoft will enable a couple of policies that will allow organizations using the platform to ask for explicit consent from users to transcribe and record them and limit the number of users that can get those meeting transcript documents.
The two policies are meant to encourage and strengthen security and privacy, but they can also represent a drawback for employees in the long run.
However, speaking of security and privacy, Teams might be taking a step back, as the Redmond-based tech giant is planning to allow users to access apps in group chats with individuals outside their organization, according to the latest entry in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap.
The new policy is set to be implemented on the platform starting in May, and it will even allow external users to install, remove, or update applications. Microsoft says the policy will enhance, and improve collaboration, interactivity, and productivity.
Users can now access applications in group chats with individuals outside their organization, fostering improved collaboration, interactivity, and productivity. The group chat’s host involving external participants can install, remove, or update applications for use by all members.
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However, given just how fragile and vulnerable Teams has been over the years (as part of the Microsoft 365 productivity suite, which in 2022 alone, had over 80% of its accounts hacked), this new policy could become a security issue down the road.
Bad actors can emulate non-organization users, and infiltrate the organization’s Microsoft Teams platform by hacking certain apps and installing them immediately.
As the new policy will be available on every device (desktop, or mobile), it will be easy to attack Teams with infected apps, designed to wreak havoc. Interestingly enough, Microsoft hasn’t mentioned anything about security, but its Copilot for Security is currently rolling out on Teams, this April.
Will it be enough to prevent these sorts of attacks? We’ll have to wait and see.
