I need to be able to block users from using a third party ai on teams

Question

Hello

Please i need your help on this issue.

I need to be able to block users from using a third party ai on teams.

some users within the o365 environment already have note taken AIs' like otter.ai installed on their teams on their local machine.

I want to stop this and similar apps on this tenant account.

I have done a few things from teams admin manage app settings, but no luck.

Answer 1

HI @John Peter

According to your case description, you want to prevent users from using third-party AI applications in the Office 365 environment.

First, you can monitor and control application permissions: use Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to view which users have installed OAuth applications and manage the permissions of these applications. For more information, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/manage-app-permissions

Second, manage application access:

1. Sign in to the Teams admin center and go to Teams apps > Permission policies.
2. Select Add.
3. Provide a name and description for the policy.
4. Under Microsoft apps, Third-party apps, and Custom apps, please select one of the following options for Third-Party apps depending on your need:
   • Allow specific apps or copilot agents and block all others
   • Block specific apps or copilot agents and allow all others
   • Block all apps or copilot agents
5. If you selected Allow specific apps and block all others, add the apps that you want to allow:
   • Select Allow apps.
   • Search for the apps that you want to allow, and then select Add. The search results are filtered to the app developer (Microsoft apps, Third-party apps, or Custom apps).
   • After choosing one or more apps, select Allow.
6. Select Save.
7. Then you can assign it to individual users.

For more information, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-app-permission-policies

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