
As settings move, their departure is highlighted in the Office 365 Admin Center (Figure 1). Over time, Microsoft is moving Teams configuration settings from the Office 365 Admin Center to the TSBAC. The New Way to Manage Teamsįrom a Teams perspective, the big new piece of functionality is the transition from per-tenant settings to policy-driven control over what users can and cannot do inside Teams. This is part of the transition of Teams to take over from Skype for Business Online. Microsoft will combine the features available in the current Skype for Business Online own console (lovingly referred to as the “legacy portal” here), and the settings that control how Teams behave and who has access to the application (now found in the Settings section of the Office 365 Admin Center) to deliver a single place to manage both Teams and Skype for Business Online. Microsoft needs that time to build out features and transition work from other places in Office 365.īut going forward, the direction is clear. In other words, give it a month or so to before you can expect to use this interface in any serious way. The TSBAC is a work in progress and lots of the functionality does not yet work, so this is very much a “ kick-the-tires and tell us what you think” kind of console. The new admin center is not yet listed in the 12 other admin centers accessible from the Office 365 Admin Center, but you can get to it at (see above). On April 4, Microsoft announced that they have begun the roll-out of a new Teams and Skype for Business Admin Center (TSBAC – my term, not Microsoft’s) to Office 365 tenants. The Joy of Yet Another Office 365 Console
