

A paid subscription is often required following some third-party apps free trial periods. You can install some Teams apps for free, but subscriptions are usually required to experience the app’s full functionality. You can select an app in the Manage apps section and view the description, terms of use, permissions, certifications, and even plans and pricing (Figure 1): Figure 1: Information about Decisions in Teams Admin Center. Thankfully, you can find all this information directly in the Teams Admin Center to help you understand and review the apps you are considering. Typically, when I speak to organizations about third-party apps in Teams, there’s always a concern around client data, privacy, and what kind of permissions the app has. Additionally, custom app policies and settings enable admins to tailor the app experience for specific users in the organization by implementing app permission policies and app setup policies.

Using the Manage apps page, you can interact with apps, which allows you to block or enable apps and publish sets of apps to users through setup policies.Īdministrators can also customize or rebrand the app properties for some apps based on business requirements, such as changing the icon color or name to align with the organization’s branding. The Microsoft Teams admin center allows admins to review the applications available to the organization.

