[What and why]
We're enhancing Real-Time Alerting rule management in the Microsoft Teams admin center to help administrators manage alerting rules more efficiently and at greater scale.
With this update, administrators will be able to:
- Duplicate existing rules to create similar alert configurations without manually recreating them.
- Bulk upload users when creating or editing rules, reducing manual effort when monitoring larger groups of users.
- Delete rules directly from the management experience to simplify rule maintenance and cleanup.
These enhancements are designed to streamline administration of Real-Time Alerting rules and improve operational efficiency.
[Rollout schedule]
- General Availability (Worldwide): Beginning in late September 2026
[Impact on your organization]
Who is affected
- Microsoft Teams administrators who configure and manage Real-Time Alerting rules in the Teams admin center.
Platforms and services
- Microsoft Teams
- Teams admin center
What will happen
The following capabilities will become available in the Teams admin center under Notifications & alerts > Rules:
- Administrators can duplicate existing Real-Time Alerting rules.
- Administrators can bulk upload users while creating or editing supported rules.
- Administrators can delete rules directly from the rule management experience.
- Organizations can monitor up to 500 users across their Real-Time Alerting rules, enabling monitoring at larger scale.
- These capabilities apply to In-Progress Meetings and Calls rule types.
The feature is enabled by default when it becomes available in your tenant.
[Action required and recommendations]
No action is required.
We recommend that administrators:
- Review existing Real-Time Alerting management processes.
- Evaluate whether rule duplication and bulk user upload capabilities can simplify current administrative workflows.
[Compliance considerations]
No compliance considerations identified. Review as appropriate for your organization.