Microsoft Teams administration – small learning – how to block / unblock apps from Teams admin center – Teams Governance

Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center - Teams apps - Manage app - blocking the app
Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center - Teams apps - Manage app - blocking the app

Hi All,

Greetings

Today small sharing – how to block or unblock particular app in Teams from Teams admin center

Background

  • I am writing article related to new feature of Microsoft Teams Chats.
  • So one of the point came across in article is respective app should not be disabled in Microsoft Teams admin center
  • So thought to share details – how to block / unblock apps in Microsoft Teams admin center

Details

Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center home page
fig : Microsoft Teams – Teams admin center home page
  • From the left pane, expand the “Teams apps” menu as
Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center home page - navigating to Teams apps - Manage apps
fig : Microsoft Teams – Teams admin center – navigating to Teams apps – Manage apps
Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center home page - navigating to Teams apps - Manage apps page
fig : Microsoft Teams – Teams admin center – navigating to Teams apps – Manage apps page
  • On manage apps page we have listing of all the apps
Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center home page - navigating to Teams apps - Manage apps page - listing of all apps and respective details
fig : Microsoft Teams – Teams admin center – navigating to Teams apps – Manage apps page – listing of all apps and respective details
  • Click / open the app which we want to block
  • Here for demo purpose I am clicking “Power Apps” app as
Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center home page - navigating to Teams apps - Manage apps page -opening the "Power Apps" page
fig : Microsoft Teams – Teams admin center – navigating to Teams apps – Manage apps page -opening the “Power Apps” page
  • As in above image, on top right corner there is “Action” drop-down
  • If we expand the drop-down, we have an option to “Block app“
  • Click on “Block app” link and respective app will be blocked
Microsoft Teams - Teams admin center - Teams apps - Manage app - blocking the app
fig : Microsoft Teams – Teams admin center – Teams apps – Manage app – blocking the app
  • Similarly we can “Unblock app” by just clicking on “Unblock app” on the top in yellow bar OR expanding “Actions” drop-down and selecting “Unblock app” option

Thanks for reading. HAVE a FANTASTIC LEARNING AHED ! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 🙂

Prasham Sabadra

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