Teams Premium Email Verification for External Users

A new Teams Premium feature called Email Verification for External Participants is scheduled to be released in early CY25. Organizations often need to allow external participants into meetings, but these participants may not have a Microsoft work, school, or personal account for sign-in. Requiring external users to sign in before attending an organization’s Teams meeting can provide additional assurance. However, not all external participants have accounts for sign-in.

This new feature will enable meetings to require "Anonymous users can join Teams meetings after verifying by email code". A one-time password will be sent to the attendee’s email, which they can use to join the meeting. Once the external user has joined the meeting, an "Email verified" label will appear next to their name, confirming to internal users that the external user has been verified.

This feature enhances Teams Premium's security capabilities and complements existing features such as watermarks, sensitivity labels, and end-to-end encryption.

References

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/enhance-meeting-security-with-teams-premium%E2%80%99s-email-verification-for-external-me/4292196

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?msockid=1e6bf65e64c46bbd2af2e58965c36a50&filters=&searchterms=418125