MC1103605 – Microsoft Teams admin center: Additional monitoring scenarios in Best Practice Configurations dashboard (archived)

Product:

Microsoft 365 admin center, Teams, Windows

Platform:

iOS, Mac, Online, US Instances, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant

Status:

Launched

Change type:

New feature, Admin impact

Links:

492982

Details:

Summary:
The Microsoft Teams admin center is expanding the Best Practice Configurations dashboard to include additional monitoring scenarios for meeting experiences. This update, rolling out in July 2025, will monitor bypass local proxy, bypass cloud proxy, and DNS resolution failures. Admins can view and export insights to address flagged issues. No action is required before the rollout.

Details:
We're expanding the Best practice configurations dashboard in the Microsoft Teams admin center to include additional monitoring scenarios. This dashboard helps Teams administrators assess how well their tenant aligns with Microsoft's recommended best practices for optimal collaboration-particularly for meeting experiences.
This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for Mac.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 492982.
[When this will happen:]
General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025.

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Release Phase:
General Availability

Created:
2025-06-26

updated:
2025-06-26

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Direct effects for Operations**

Monitoring Scenarios Expansion
The addition of monitoring scenarios for DNS resolution failures and proxy bypass may lead to initial confusion among users if they experience meeting quality issues that are flagged without prior knowledge of the changes. Users may not understand the implications of these flags on their meeting experiences.
   - roles: Teams Administrators, End Users
   - references: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/best-practice-dashboard, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=492982

Dashboard Utilization
Without preparation, administrators may struggle to effectively utilize the new dashboard features, leading to delayed responses to flagged issues and potential degradation of meeting experiences for users.
   - roles: Teams Administrators, Network Engineers
   - references: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/best-practice-dashboard, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=492982

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