Microsoft is equipping Teams meetings against AI fraud: a new button reports suspicious behavior such as fake video images or phishing messages directly during the meeting to IT. The rollout begins in early August 2026 and is expected to be complete worldwide by October. There is no extra cost for the reporting feature itself.
Teams now reports suspicious activity live from the meeting
Until now, Teams users could only report individual chat messages or completed calls as security risks after the fact. The new Report Meeting feature extends this to ongoing meetings: if someone notices something suspicious during a video or audio meeting, they select Report Meeting from the More Actions menu or the meeting chat and give a reason – such as phishing, identity fraud, or so-called social engineering, meaning psychological tricks scammers use to gain trust. The report is automatically sent along with meeting metadata to the IT security team without interrupting the meeting. According to Windows Latest, Microsoft is responding directly to the growing number of AI fraud calls using cloned boss voices and faces, which have recently hit German offices too. The feature is available in the Teams desktop app and the web version, and adds to the growing number of AI features in Teams meetings, such as automatic meeting note-taking. At the same time, Microsoft is flagging external, uninvited bots in the lobby so organizers must individually admit or deny them instead of accidentally letting them into the meeting.
How the button helps in everyday office work
An example from daily office life: an administrative assistant is in a hastily scheduled Teams call where a supposed CFO orders an urgent wire transfer over video. The picture and voice seem slightly delayed and a bit artificial – a typical sign of a deepfake call. Instead of hanging up or quietly following the instruction, she opens the report menu during the ongoing call, selects Social Engineering as the reason, and submits the report. The IT security team receives the meeting metadata in real time through the Microsoft Defender security center and can step in while the meeting is still running. The tried-and-true advice still applies: for any unusual payment request, call back using a known phone number instead of trusting the number shown in the meeting. The reporting feature doesn’t replace that caution – it just speeds up IT’s response. The sender of a reported message or a reported meeting isn’t told about the report, so people can report without worry even if the suspicion later turns out to be unfounded.
Rollout runs until October, no costs involved
According to reporting by several trade outlets, the feature starts in early August 2026 for a subset of organizations first and is expected to reach worldwide availability for all Microsoft 365 Teams customers by early October 2026. Microsoft’s internal announcement isn’t public, so the rollout dates are independently unverified, though several sources report them consistently. The report button itself is part of the regular Teams subscription, needs no separate app or install, and costs nothing extra. A detailed review of reports by IT does require Microsoft Defender for Office 365 or Defender XDR, which is already included in many corporate licenses; without it, the report still reaches the responsible admin mailbox. Here’s how to find the feature:
- During the meeting, click the three dots under More Actions.
- Select Report Meeting – or use the meeting chat header instead.
- Choose a fitting reason, such as phishing, identity fraud, or another security concern.
- Submit the report; the meeting continues normally in the meantime.
What matters most is whether employees actually know about and use the new reporting feature when it counts – a button is useless if no one knows it exists. IT departments should actively announce the feature rather than relying on the automatic rollout. It also remains to be seen how quickly security teams can actually respond to a report while a meeting is still underway. Anyone discussing sensitive customer or company data in Teams should stay cautious regardless of this new feature and always verify unusual payment requests through a second channel.
