Updated August 26, 2022: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes before we proceed with the rollout. We will deliver a new Message center post once we re-start the rollout. Thank you for your patience.
Updated June 10, 2022: We have updated the rollout timelines below. Thank you for your patience.
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Updated March 29, 2022: We have updated the rollout timelines below. Additionally, we have updated the content with additional details. Thank you for your patience.
We’re updating the default tag management settings based on customer feedback. The new defaults eliminate the need for team members to ask owners to create or edit tags on their behalf. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88318.
This feature will update default tag management settings in the Teams Admin Center to include ”Team owners and members” and not just “Team owners.” You can still update this to only “Team owners” at the tenant level and override the default.
Key points
- Timing: We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.
- Roll-out: tenant level
- Control type: Team owner and team member control
- Action: review and assess for appropriate experience
How this will affect your organization
The Teams admin center default for who can manage tags will be updated from “Team owners” to “Team owners and members.” Tenant admins still can override the default and limit Tag Create/Edit to Team Owners only. If you have already made any changes to any option in the Tagging settings in the Teams admin center, your settings will not be updated, and this change will not affect your tenant.
This tenant-level setting will be inherited by existing Teams, unless the Tags Settings in Manage Team has been updated. For example, if the “Tags are managed” by setting at the team level value has been changed, this change will not affect that team.
These changes simplify the Tags permissions model and makes it consistent with other Teams concepts like Channels.
For new teams created after this change is implemented, all team members will be able to create and manage tags by default, similar to the defaults for create and edit channels. The team owner will still have the option to override this management setting if “Let team owners override who can manage tags” is set to “On” in your Tagging settings in the Teams admin center.
What you need to do to prepare
No specific action is required but you will want to review your settings and update your documentation as necessary.
Learn more
Message ID: MC320163
Published: 01 February 2022
Updated: 26 August 2022
Platform: US Instances, Web, World tenant
