check before: 2026-02-01
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Azure Information Protection, Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams
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Education, Mac, Online, Teams And Surface Devices, Windows Desktop, World tenant
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In development
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Summary:
Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced meeting features. Rollout starts June 2026, excluding EDU tenants, and is ON by default for enterprises. Admins can manage or disable it via PowerShell. Users will be prompted to enroll by speaking during meetings.
Details:
Updated April 30, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction]
Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization.
This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269.
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: Rollout begins early June 2026 (previously early May) and is expected to complete by mid-June 2026 (previously mid-May).
General Availability: Rollout begins mid-June 2026 (previously mid-May) and is expected to complete by late June 2026 (previously end of May).
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2026-05-01
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User Experience Disruption
Users may experience confusion or frustration if they are prompted to enroll their voice profile during meetings without prior notice or training.
- roles: End Users, Meeting Organizers
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=537269
Feature Utilization
If users do not enroll, they will miss out on enhanced features like speaker recognition and improved meeting recaps, leading to a suboptimal experience.
- roles: End Users, Team Leaders
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoftteams/set-csteamsaipolicy?view=teams-ps
Increased Support Requests
Helpdesk may receive a surge in support requests from users who are unsure about the new voice enrollment process or how to disable it.
- roles: Helpdesk Staff, IT Support
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=537269
Policy Management Challenges
Admins may face challenges in managing voice enrollment policies if they are not prepared, leading to inconsistent user experiences across the organization.
- roles: IT Administrators, Compliance Officers
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoftteams/set-csteamsaipolicy?view=teams-ps
Training and Documentation Gaps
Lack of updated internal documentation and training on the new feature may lead to misunderstandings and improper use of the voice enrollment feature.
- roles: Training Coordinators, IT Administrators
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=537269
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| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2026-05-01 | MC Last Updated | 04/07/2026 01:58:53 | 2026-04-30T19:35:22Z |
| 2026-05-01 | MC Messages | Updated April 6, 2026: We have updated the timeline and content. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early May 2026 (previously mid-May) and is expected to complete by mid-May 2026 (previously late May). General Availability: Rollout begins mid-May 2026 (previously late May) and is expected to complete by end of May 2026 (previously early June). | Updated April 30, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early June 2026 (previously early May) and is expected to complete by mid-June 2026 (previously mid-May). General Availability: Rollout begins mid-June 2026 (previously mid-May) and is expected to complete by late June 2026 (previously end of May). |
| 2026-05-01 | MC End Time | 07/13/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-07-27T09:00:00Z |
| 2026-05-01 | MC Summary | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced features like speaker recognition and improved transcripts. Rolling out May 2026 for commercial tenants (excluding Education), it’s on by default but can be disabled by admins via PowerShell. Review and communicate policy changes accordingly. | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced meeting features. Rollout starts June 2026, excluding EDU tenants, and is ON by default for enterprises. Admins can manage or disable it via PowerShell. Users will be prompted to enroll by speaking during meetings. |
| 2026-04-07 | MC Messages | Updated March 26, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins mid-May 2026 (previously early April) and is expected to complete by late May 2026 (previously mid-April). General Availability: Rollout begins late May (previously mid-April) and is expected to complete by early June 2026 (previously end of April). | Updated April 6, 2026: We have updated the timeline and content. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early May 2026 (previously mid-May) and is expected to complete by mid-May 2026 (previously late May). General Availability: Rollout begins mid-May 2026 (previously late May) and is expected to complete by end of May 2026 (previously early June). |
| 2026-04-07 | MC How Affect | Who is affected:
All enterprise Microsoft Teams customers except Education (EDU) tenants. What will happen: A new voice enrollment experience will be available in Teams. Users will receive an in-product prompt to enroll their voice profile by speaking during a meeting. The feature will be ON by default for enterprise tenants. EDU tenants are excluded from this rollout. If your organization previously disabled voice enrollment policies, this feature will not apply. Admins can manage this setting using new PowerShell cmdlets under the PassiveVoiceEnroll configuration in the csTeamsAIPolicy policy. | Who is affected:
All commercial Microsoft Teams customers except Education (EDU) tenants. What will happen: A new voice enrollment experience will be available in Teams. Users will receive an in-product prompt to enroll their voice profile by speaking during a meeting. The feature will be ON by default for enterprise tenants. EDU tenants are excluded from this rollout. Admins can disable this feature or manage settings using PowerShell in the PassiveVoiceEnrollment configuration in the csTeamsAIPolicy policy. Refer to Set-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeams) | Microsoft Learn for more information. If your organization previously disabled voice enrollment policies (under the EnrollVoice configuration), that policy will still be in effect and this express enrollment feature will not apply change this value. Starting April 20, for all tenants that have set EnrollVoice to disabled, Microsoft will apply the same value to PassiveVoiceEnrollment for consistency. To disable voice enrollment entirely for your organization, please make sure both EnrollVoice and PassiveVoiceEnrollment configurations are disabled. If you choose to change the default policy setting or disable voice enrollment entirely, users will not be able to fully benefit from features like speaker recognition, transcript attribution, intelligent audio/video experiences, or receive the most insightful meeting recaps and responses from Copilot and agents. |
| 2026-04-07 | MC Last Updated | 03/26/2026 23:08:31 | 2026-04-07T01:58:53Z |
| 2026-04-07 | MC prepare | Review your organization's Teams AI policy settings before rollout.
If you want to disable this feature, update the PassiveVoiceEnroll configuration using PowerShell. Communicate this change to your helpdesk and end users as needed. Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability. [Compliance considerations:] No compliance considerations identified; review as appropriate for your organization. https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=537269 | Review your organization's Teams AI policy settings before rollout.
If you want to disable this feature, update the PassiveVoiceEnrollment configuration using PowerShell. Communicate this change to your helpdesk and end users as needed. Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability. [Compliance considerations:] No compliance considerations identified; review as appropriate for your organization. https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoftteams/set-csteamsaipolicy?view=teams-ps https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=537269 |
| 2026-04-07 | MC Summary | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced meeting features. Rollout starts mid-May 2026 for enterprise tenants (excluding EDU), with the feature on by default. Admins can manage settings via PowerShell. Organizations should review policies and communicate changes accordingly. | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced features like speaker recognition and improved transcripts. Rolling out May 2026 for commercial tenants (excluding Education), it’s on by default but can be disabled by admins via PowerShell. Review and communicate policy changes accordingly. |
| 2026-03-27 | MC Last Updated | 02/20/2026 23:58:05 | 2026-03-26T23:08:31Z |
| 2026-03-27 | MC Messages | Updated February 20, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early April 2026 (previously early March) and is expected to complete by mid-April 2026 (previously mid-March). General Availability: Rollout begins mid-April 2026 (previously mid-March) and is expected to complete by end of April 2026 (previously end of March). | Updated March 26, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins mid-May 2026 (previously early April) and is expected to complete by late May 2026 (previously mid-April). General Availability: Rollout begins late May (previously mid-April) and is expected to complete by early June 2026 (previously end of April). |
| 2026-03-27 | MC End Time | 06/01/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-07-13T09:00:00Z |
| 2026-03-27 | MC Summary | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced features like voice isolation and improved transcripts. Rolling out April 2026 for enterprise tenants (excluding EDU), it’s on by default but can be managed by admins via PowerShell. Review policies and communicate changes accordingly. | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced meeting features. Rollout starts mid-May 2026 for enterprise tenants (excluding EDU), with the feature on by default. Admins can manage settings via PowerShell. Organizations should review policies and communicate changes accordingly. |
| 2026-02-21 | MC Last Updated | 01/21/2026 23:41:41 | 2026-02-20T23:58:05Z |
| 2026-02-21 | MC Messages | Updated January 21, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early March 2026 (previously early February) and is expected to complete by mid-March 2026 (previously mid-February). General Availability: Rollout begins mid-March 2026 (previously mid-February) and is expected to complete by end of March 2026 (previously end of February). | Updated February 20, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early April 2026 (previously early March) and is expected to complete by mid-April 2026 (previously mid-March). General Availability: Rollout begins mid-April 2026 (previously mid-March) and is expected to complete by end of April 2026 (previously end of March). |
| 2026-02-21 | MC End Time | 04/30/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-06-01T09:00:00Z |
| 2026-02-21 | MC Summary | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced features like voice isolation and meeting insights. Rollout starts March 2026 for all enterprise customers except EDU tenants, with the feature ON by default. Admins can manage it via PowerShell; no compliance issues identified. | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced features like voice isolation and improved transcripts. Rolling out April 2026 for enterprise tenants (excluding EDU), it’s on by default but can be managed by admins via PowerShell. Review policies and communicate changes accordingly. |
| 2026-01-22 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2026-01-22 | MC Summary | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced meeting features. It rolls out to enterprise tenants (excluding EDU) starting February 2026, is on by default, and can be managed by admins via PowerShell. Organizations should review policies and communicate changes accordingly. | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams enables quick voice profile registration for enhanced features like voice isolation and meeting insights. Rollout starts March 2026 for all enterprise customers except EDU tenants, with the feature ON by default. Admins can manage it via PowerShell; no compliance issues identified. |
| 2026-01-22 | MC Last Updated | 12/15/2025 21:40:05 | 2026-01-21T23:41:41Z |
| 2026-01-22 | MC Messages | [Introduction]
Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early February 2026 and is expected to complete by mid-February 2026. General Availability: Rollout begins mid-February 2026 and is expected to complete by end of February 2026. | Updated January 21, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams makes registering your voice profile quick and seamless. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you haven't enrolled, you'll receive an in-product prompt to opt in and enroll simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature for their organization. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 537269. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout begins early March 2026 (previously early February) and is expected to complete by mid-March 2026 (previously mid-February). General Availability: Rollout begins mid-March 2026 (previously mid-February) and is expected to complete by end of March 2026 (previously end of February). |
| 2026-01-22 | MC Title | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams | (Updated) Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams |
| 2026-01-22 | MC End Time | 03/31/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-04-30T09:00:00Z |
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