(optional) Disabling Chat in Teams accounts
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It is strongly suggested to disable the chat feature for Teams accounts that are being used on Mago Room to avoid unwanted notifications or privacy issues.
Disabling the chat as outlined in this guide will cause the chat to be disabled in the Teams interface (web or desktop client) and thus prevent privacy issues in shared meeting room spaces. However, the chat function within a meeting will still be available to users, both in the case of the room joining as a guest and in the case of instant meetings where the host is the room account. See the images at the end of this guide.
Go to Microsoft Teams Admin Centre (https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/) and sign in. You will need an administrator account.
Select Messaging policies from the left menu
Select Add
Choose a title for the Messaging policy (e.g. "Mago Room - Chat disabled")
Turn the "Chat" option off
Save the policy
You can assign a policy directly to users, either individually or in a batch (if supported by the policy type), or to a group that the users are members of (if supported by the policy type).
Go to Users > Manage users
Search for the desired user and select the user
Go to the Policies tab
Choose "Edit"
On the right panel, select the newly created Messaging policy from the Messaging policy list
Press Apply to apply the policy to the individual user
Go to Messaging policies
Select the policy (e.g. "Mago Room - Chat disabled")
Select Manage users and choose Assign users
Search users - for example: yourroomname@yourcompany.org
Add one or more users to the list
Press Apply to assign the policy
Now, when joining a Teams meeting, the meeting chat feature will still be available. However, when you leave a meeting, the Chat menu on the left will no longer be accessible from the room account (see images).
