check before: 2025-06-01
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Outlook, Teams, Windows
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Mac, Online, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
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In development
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Summary:
Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by detecting their connection to organizational Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving coordination. This opt-in feature rolls out worldwide from mid-January to late January 2026, requires admin configuration, respects working hours, and applies to Teams desktop on Windows and Mac.
Details:
Updated November 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This makes it easier for users to coordinate work with their coworkers and connect in person.
This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. After you turn it on, end-users remain in control and can choose whether to share their work location with their coworkers.
This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800.
[When this will happen:]
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2026 (previously December 2025) and expect to complete by late January 2026 (previously December 2025).
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2025-05-24
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2025-11-04
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Direct effects for Operations**
Automatic Work Location Detection
If the feature is rolled out without proper configuration, users may find their work location inaccurately set, leading to confusion and miscommunication among team members.
- roles: End Users, Team Managers
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bookable-desks, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=488800
User Control and Privacy
Without adequate preparation, users may feel their privacy is compromised if their work location is automatically shared without their consent, leading to dissatisfaction and potential pushback against the feature.
- roles: End Users, IT Administrators
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/new-csteamsworklocationdetectionpolicy, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=488800
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| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-11-04 | MC Last Updated | 10/24/2025 23:29:38 | 2025-11-04T18:38:53Z |
| 2025-11-04 | MC Messages | Updated October 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This makes it easier for users to coordinate work with their coworkers and connect in person. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. After you turn it on, end-users remain in control and can choose whether to share their work location with their coworkers. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling in December 2025. | Updated November 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This makes it easier for users to coordinate work with their coworkers and connect in person. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. After you turn it on, end-users remain in control and can choose whether to share their work location with their coworkers. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2026 (previously December 2025) and expect to complete by late January 2026 (previously December 2025). |
| 2025-11-04 | MC End Time | 01/26/2026 08:00:00 | 2026-02-27T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-11-04 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by detecting their connection to organizational Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving coordination. This opt-in feature, rolling out worldwide from December 2025, requires admin configuration and respects users' working hours and privacy controls. | Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by detecting their connection to organizational Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving coordination. This opt-in feature rolls out worldwide from mid-January to late January 2026, requires admin configuration, respects working hours, and applies to Teams desktop on Windows and Mac. |
| 2025-10-25 | MC Messages | Updated September 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early December 2025 and expect to complete by mid-December 2025. | Updated October 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This makes it easier for users to coordinate work with their coworkers and connect in person. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. After you turn it on, end-users remain in control and can choose whether to share their work location with their coworkers. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling in December 2025. |
| 2025-10-25 | MC How Affect | This feature allows you to map Wi-Fi networks and devices to buildings, which allows your users to have their work location automatically configured when they connect. This is a major improvement over the current experience which relies on end-users to manually set their work location. When this feature is configured and enabled, Teams can automatically update the work location of users who connect their laptop to your organization's Wi-Fi network or peripherals. The feature can leverage the mapping between your building names and your Wi-Fi networks to set the work location of your users to the right building. It can also leverage mappings to specific peripherals, such as monitors. Teams uses the same policy to enable or disable automatic updates of work location for Wi-Fi and peripherals. Learn more: New-CsTeamsWorkLocationDetectionPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn
Teams will not update the location of your users if they connect after their working hours (that they can configure in the Microsoft Outlook Calendar). Also, their work location will be cleared at the end of their working hours. | This feature allows you to map Wi-Fi networks and devices to buildings, which allows your users to have their work location automatically updated when they connect. This is a major improvement over the current experience which relies on end-users to manually set their work location. When this feature is configured and enabled, Teams can automatically update the work location of users who connect their laptop to your organization's Wi-Fi network or peripherals. The feature can leverage the mapping between your building names and your Wi-Fi networks to set the work location of your users to the right building. It can also leverage mappings to specific peripherals, such as monitors. Teams uses the same policy to enable or disable automatic updates of work location for Wi-Fi and peripherals. Learn more: New-CsTeamsWorkLocationDetectionPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn
Teams will not update the location of your users if they connect after their working hours (that they can configure in the Microsoft Outlook Calendar). Also, their work location will be cleared at the end of their working hours. |
| 2025-10-25 | MC Last Updated | 10/23/2025 21:13:31 | 2025-10-24T23:29:38Z |
| 2025-10-25 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by connecting to organizational Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving over manual setting. This opt-in feature, rolling out December 2025, maps Wi-Fi to buildings and respects users' working hours. Admins must enable and configure it in their tenant. | Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by detecting their connection to organizational Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving coordination. This opt-in feature, rolling out worldwide from December 2025, requires admin configuration and respects users' working hours and privacy controls. |
| 2025-10-24 | MC Last Updated | 09/11/2025 20:57:20 | 2025-10-23T21:13:31Z |
| 2025-09-12 | MC Last Updated | 08/28/2025 18:04:57 | 2025-09-11T20:57:20Z |
| 2025-09-12 | MC Messages | Updated August 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early October 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025. | Updated September 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early December 2025 and expect to complete by mid-December 2025. |
| 2025-09-12 | MC End Time | 11/24/2025 08:00:00 | 2026-01-26T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-09-12 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by detecting their organization's Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving over manual setting. This opt-in feature, rolling out worldwide in October 2025, updates locations only during working hours and requires admin configuration to enable. | Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by connecting to organizational Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving over manual setting. This opt-in feature, rolling out December 2025, maps Wi-Fi to buildings and respects users' working hours. Admins must enable and configure it in their tenant. |
| 2025-08-29 | MC Last Updated | 06/26/2025 22:11:45 | 2025-08-28T18:04:57Z |
| 2025-08-29 | MC Messages | Updated June 26, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. | Updated August 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early October 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025. |
| 2025-08-29 | MC End Time | 11/10/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-11-24T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-08-29 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon be able to automatically set users' work locations based on their connection to the organization's Wi-Fi network. This feature, available for Windows and Mac desktops, requires configuration and will roll out in early September 2025. It improves upon the manual setting of work locations and is opt-in. | Microsoft Teams will soon auto-set users' work location by detecting their organization's Wi-Fi or peripherals, improving over manual setting. This opt-in feature, rolling out worldwide in October 2025, updates locations only during working hours and requires admin configuration to enable. |
| 2025-06-27 | MC Last Updated | 06/03/2025 16:13:24 | 2025-06-26T22:11:45Z |
| 2025-06-27 | MC Messages | Updated June 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. | Updated June 26, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. |
| 2025-06-27 | MC End Time | 09/01/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-11-10T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-06-27 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon be able to automatically set users' work locations when they connect to their organization's Wi-Fi. This opt-in feature, available for Windows and Mac desktops, will roll out in early July 2025. It requires configuration and can map Wi-Fi networks and peripherals to buildings. | Microsoft Teams will soon be able to automatically set users' work locations based on their connection to the organization's Wi-Fi network. This feature, available for Windows and Mac desktops, requires configuration and will roll out in early September 2025. It improves upon the manual setting of work locations and is opt-in. |
| 2025-06-04 | MC Messages | Updated May 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. | Updated June 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. |
| 2025-06-04 | MC How Affect | Currently, users have to manually set their work location in Teams. After this feature rolls out, Teams can automatically update users' work location when their laptop connects to their organization's Wi-Fi network or peripherals. The feature can leverage the mapping between your building names and your Wi-Fi networks to set the work location of your users to the right building. It can also leverage mappings to specific peripherals, such as monitors. Teams uses the same policy to enable or disable automatic updates of work location for Wi-Fi and peripherals. Learn more: New-CsTeamsWorkLocationDetectionPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn
Teams will not update the location of your users if they connect after their working hours (that they can configure in the Microsoft Outlook Calendar). Also, their work location will be cleared at the end of their working hours. | This feature allows you to map Wi-Fi networks and devices to buildings, which allows your users to have their work location automatically configured when they connect. This is a major improvement over the current experience which relies on end-users to manually set their work location. When this feature is configured and enabled, Teams can automatically update the work location of users who connect their laptop to your organization's Wi-Fi network or peripherals. The feature can leverage the mapping between your building names and your Wi-Fi networks to set the work location of your users to the right building. It can also leverage mappings to specific peripherals, such as monitors. Teams uses the same policy to enable or disable automatic updates of work location for Wi-Fi and peripherals. Learn more: New-CsTeamsWorkLocationDetectionPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn
Teams will not update the location of your users if they connect after their working hours (that they can configure in the Microsoft Outlook Calendar). Also, their work location will be cleared at the end of their working hours. |
| 2025-06-04 | MC Last Updated | 05/28/2025 22:08:58 | 2025-06-03T16:13:24Z |
| 2025-06-04 | MC prepare | Automatic update of work location is off by default, but it can greatly improve the experience of your users. We recommend turning it on and configuring it in your tenant.
Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bookable-desks https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/new-csteamsworklocationdetectionpolicy https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=488800 | Automatic update of work location is off by default, but it can greatly improve the experience of your users. We recommend turning it on and configuring it in your tenant.
Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bookable-desks https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/new-csteamsworklocationdetectionpolicy https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=488800 |
| 2025-06-04 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon automatically set users' work location based on their connection to the organization's Wi-Fi or peripherals. This feature, available for Windows and Mac desktops, will roll out in early July 2025. It requires configuration and is off by default. More details are available in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. | Microsoft Teams will soon be able to automatically set users' work locations when they connect to their organization's Wi-Fi. This opt-in feature, available for Windows and Mac desktops, will roll out in early July 2025. It requires configuration and can map Wi-Fi networks and peripherals to buildings. |
| 2025-05-29 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams will soon automatically set users' work location when they connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, starting late June 2025. This feature applies to Teams for Windows and Mac desktops and aims to improve user experience by automating location updates. Configuration is recommended for optimal use. | Microsoft Teams will soon automatically set users' work location based on their connection to the organization's Wi-Fi or peripherals. This feature, available for Windows and Mac desktops, will roll out in early July 2025. It requires configuration and is off by default. More details are available in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. |
| 2025-05-29 | MC Last Updated | 05/24/2025 01:15:36 | 2025-05-28T22:08:58Z |
| 2025-05-29 | MC Messages | Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in.
This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. | Updated May 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488800. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. |
| 2025-05-29 | MC Platforms | Desktop, Mac, Web | Desktop, Mac |
| 2025-05-29 | MC Title | Microsoft Teams: Automatically set work location by connecting to a Wi-Fi network | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatically set work location by connecting to a Wi-Fi network |
| 2025-05-29 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
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