Security News > 2021 > August > Microsoft Teams will alert users of incoming spam calls

Microsoft is working on adding a spam call notification feature to the Microsoft 365 Teams collaboration platform.

Once the new feature rolls out, Microsoft Teams will alert Office 365 users when they're receiving what looks like spam calls.

While incoming calls will be tagged as "Spam likely" automatically, Teams users will still be able to decide if they want to answer.

As Microsoft Teams General Manager Nicole Herskowitz said, "Teams will identify potential spam calls so you can feel confident answering incoming calls" and "Will digitally attest outgoing calls to prevent these calls from being rejected by external recipients."

"The spam call notification feature automatically evaluates incoming calls and identifies probable spam calls as 'spam likely' in the call toast," Redmond explained on the Microsoft 365 roadmap.

They can also block all anonymous incoming calls by toggling on the "Block calls with no caller ID" under "Blocked contacts."

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