- Improved Meeting Protection will prevent you from taking unjustified screens
- It turns the screen black if you dare try to take a recording of the screen
- Most platforms are supported but some may have to join the Audio-Only
Microsoft has referred to an upcoming feature for teams designed to prevent users from taking unjustified screens during calls in an attempt to protect sensitive business information.
A new addition to Redmond’s roadmap adds improved meeting protection to teams, as Microsoft says, will prevent screen catching. Added last week, it’s about to roll out from July 2025.
The feature becomes available across desktop client versions on Windows and MAC as well as iOS and Android apps, making it almost impossible for users to take excerpts of potentially sensitive information.
Microsoft -teams allow you to block screens soon
“To tackle the question of unauthorized screen catching during meetings, Prevent Screen Capture ensures that if a user tries to take a screen catch, the meeting window will be black and thereby protect sensitive information,” Microsoft explained.
Although most common platforms are supported, users who endorse a team call with improved meeting protection enabled will only be limited to a sound to prevent exposure to content.
Since the timetable input only shares basic details of the upcoming feature, it is unclear whether it will be activated by default or switched via admin control.
Hoping that improved protection will give companies access to more secure video conferencing, the company will also roll its new migration tool for teams in July.
“Customers will now be able to move content seamlessly from public and private channels in a third -party solution to Team’s standard channels,” the roadmap reads.
Improved meeting protection is currently in the ‘in development’ stage – the first of three to take place ‘launched’ and ‘rolling’. Microsoft does not share details of how far along the development journey it is and whether it is on the field for the intended July release.
Although the function may be welcomed by many, it still leaves a significant hole and in many cases does nothing to protect sensitive data on screens at all – there is no system in place to prevent users from taking pictures of their screens with their smartphones and such a tool would be almost impossible to implement.
