Microsoft Teams: Upgrade to Meeting Recording Organizer Policy by 30 June 2025

Microsoft Teams will retire the recording initiator policy by June 30, 2025. Recordings will default to the meeting organizer’s OneDrive. The fallback sequence will be Organizer -> Co-organizer(s) -> Initiator -> Async Media Storage. No action is required, but proactive adjustments are recommended. More information is available in the provided links. We are writing to inform you about an upcoming change regarding the MeetingInitiator value in the MeetingRecordingOwnership from PowerShell. Starting June 30, 2025, recording initiator policy will be retired. By default, recordings will be saved to the meeting organizer’s OneDrive without needing MeetingRecordingOwnership setting. MeetingInitiator value will be retired. MeetingRecordingOwnership setting will be retired. When this will happen: June 30, 2025 How this affects your organization: We understand the importance of governance and predictability in managing recordings, which is why we have introduced the Recordings saved to Organizers OdB in GCC, GCCH, and DOD by default, enabling recordings to be saved to the organizer’s OneDrive, even if the organizer did not attend the meeting or event. Co-organizers have the same editing permissions as organizers for recording files. When the organizer does not have a OneDrive account such as meetings scheduled using a shared mailbox, a fallback logic will be in place to determine the recording owner, following the sequence: Organizer -> Co-organizer(s) -> Initiator -> Async Media Storage (AMS). Furthermore, we have introduced new features that provide more compliant control, available exclusively on the Organizer’s ODB. Here is a quick comparison between the Initial’s Policy and the Organizer’s Policy: Aspect Initial’s Policy Organizer’s Policy Default value MeetingRecordingOwnership is set to MeetingInitiator MeetingRecordingOwnership is set to MeetingOrganizer Fallback path Initiator -> Async Media Storage (AMS). Organizer -> Co-organizer (s) -> Initiator -> Async Media Storage (AMS).  Who can access recording/transcription meeting option *see more for Teams meeting option No Yes No action is required on your part as the Meeting Organizer will be the default value for Recording Ownership. What you can do to prepare: Before June 30 2025, we encourage you to proactively set the MeetingRecordingOwnership as MeetingOrganizer to benefit earlier from better fallback coverage under the Organizer’s ODB […]

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