Microsoft Teams: Geo filtering for Teams apps

Originally posted by Microsoft Mar 10, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams App Developers will soon be able to target applications to select geographies (countries/regions) via partner center. Developers, at times, build applications that are only relevant in a few countries or regions for operational reasons or for adhering to different compliance requirements across countries & regions. Once this change rolls out, Microsoft Teams app users will only be able to see apps that are applicable for their country or region.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100974

When this will happen:

Standard Release: Rollout will begin in mid-April and is expected to be complete by late April.

How this will affect your organization:

Currently, Microsoft Teams users can see all Teams apps from the App store. When this update rolls out, Teams users will only see apps based on their country or region.

What you need to do to prepare:

There is no specific action you need to take at this time. You can still manage all apps from the Teams Admin Center. In case your users need to access apps outside of their country or region they can go to Microsoft AppSource, search across all Microsoft Teams apps and install any app from there.

This feature does not limit users from installing apps outside of their country/region but will only hide these apps from the Teams App Store.

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