check before: 2025-07-15
Product:
Microsoft 365 admin center, Teams
Platform:
iOS, Mac, Online, US Instances, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
New feature, Admin impact
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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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General Availability
Created:
2025-06-26
updated:
2025-06-26
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft Teams is updating its admin center with a Best Practice Configurations dashboard to help administrators monitor and identify issues like bypassing local and cloud proxies and DNS resolution failures, similar to installing sensors in a building to track congestion, aiming to improve the quality of online meetings.
Direct effects for Operations**
Monitoring Scenarios Expansion
The expansion of the Best Practice Configurations dashboard may lead to confusion among users if they are not informed about the new monitoring scenarios, potentially resulting in misinterpretation of meeting quality issues.
- roles: Teams Administrators, End Users
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/best-practice-dashboard, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=492982
Increased Reporting Complexity
With the addition of new monitoring scenarios, there may be an increase in the complexity of reports generated, which could overwhelm administrators and lead to delays in addressing issues if they are not prepared for the changes.
- 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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