Secure Meetings by Design: Policies + Templates + Sensitivity Labels
Sensitive meetings are rarely secured by a single toggle. Microsoft recommends combining admin policies, sensitivity labels, and meeting templates to either enforce meeting options or remove options entirely. In this model, user-based policies control what features are available in general, while labels and templates apply controls at the meeting level. How the control layers work (in plain language) · Admin policies: define whether a feature exists for a user at all and often define defaults. · Meeting templates: standardize meeting options for a scenario (cannot enforce everything). · Sensitivity labels: can enforce specific meeting protections (and override templates/organizer choices). Configuration guide: build three tiers of protection Microsoft describes configurations that step up from a baseline to more restrictive and sensitive meeting setups. A pra...