Assign policies in Teams

Publisher

Microsoft

URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/policy-assignment-overview

Published

2026-02-04

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-24

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200

License

Microsoft Learn terms of use; no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• For each Teams policy type, a user has one effective policy. A policy assigned directly (individually or in a batch) wins. Otherwise the policy on the user's highest-ranked group applies, and failing that the global (Org-wide default) policy. in context
• The Teams admin center Activity log shows group policy operations and batch policy operations (more than 20 users) for the last 30 days, with statuses including In progress, Rolling out to users and Completed. in context
• A Teams user's effective policy for a policy type is the directly assigned policy if one exists; otherwise the policy of the highest-ranked group assignment among the user's groups; otherwise the global (Org-wide default) policy. in context

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, February 4). Assign policies in Teams. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/ms-learn-policy-assignment-overview

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-ms-learn-policy-assignment-overview,
  title  = {Assign policies in Teams},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/ms-learn-policy-assignment-overview},
  note   = {Microsoft, accessed 2026-09-24}
}