- An improved protection of meetings will prevent you from taking unjustified screenshots
- It will make the screen black if you dare to try to capture the screen
- Most platforms are supported, but some may have to reach only audio
Microsoft alluded to upcoming feature for teams designed to prevent users from taking unjustified screenshots during calls to protect sensitive business information.
A new addition to the Redmond roadmap adds increased protection of meetings to the teams, which, according to Microsoft, will prevent screenshot. Adding last week, it is on the right track to take place from July 2025.
The functionality will be available on desktop customers on Windows and Mac, as well as iOS and Android applications, which makes users practically impossible to take potentially sensitive information extracts.
Microsoft Teams will allow you to block screenshots soon
“To solve the problem of unauthorized screenshots during meetings, the prevent screenshot function guarantees that if a user tries to take a screenshot, the meeting window will become black, protecting sensitive information,” said Microsoft.
Although most common platforms are supported, users who join a team call with improved protection of activated meetings will be limited to audio only to avoid exposure to content.
Since the entrance to the roadmap only shares the basic details on the upcoming functionality, it is not clear if it will be activated by default or tilted via administration orders.
In the hope that improved protections will allow companies to access a more secure videoconference, the company will also deploy its new migration tool for teams in July.
“Customers will now be able to move the content in a transparent manner of public and private channels in a third -party solution to the standard teams of the teams,” said the entrance to the roadmap.
Improved protection of meetings is currently in the “Development” stage – the first of the three, preceding “Launched” and “Deployment”. Microsoft does not share details on the measurement along the development course and if it is on the right track for the release in July planned.
However, although the functionality can be welcomed by many, it always leaves a considerable difference and, in many cases, does nothing to protect sensitive data on screens – there is no system in place to prevent users from taking photos of their screens with their smartphones, and such a tool would be almost impossible to implement.
