Microsoft Starts Sharing Your Location With Your Employer

"As explains, "if you are late for work, do some work from home, or do anything on Teams and Outlook from any network that is not your organization's, your employer would know about this. This obviously did not sit well with workers who either work in hybrid setups or do not appreciate this type of invasion of privacy.""

""Microsoft did not provide a reason for the delay," UC Today says. "The update applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop." The UC specialists also report that Microsoft emphasizes "user controls and guardrails." Specifically, "the feature is opt-in, will be off by default, and Teams 'will not update the location' after working hours and will 'clear (it) at the end of their working hours.'""

Microsoft Teams will add a feature that automatically sets a user's work location when connected to an organization's Wi‑Fi and shows a non‑work location when not connected. The feature detects activity on Teams and Outlook from networks outside the organization and can reveal remote or home work. Rollout was delayed from January to February and then to March, with full deployment expected by mid‑March. The feature applies to Teams for Windows and Mac. Microsoft describes user controls and guardrails, making the feature opt‑in and off by default, while tenant administrators can enable or require it and Teams will not update or will clear location after working hours.

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