Create a messaging policy and assign for student accounts. Back

April 15 2020

Steps by Step process

Step 1:
Login into Office 365 admin account.
Step 2:
Navigate to Microsoft Teams admin center arrow Messaging Policiesarrow Click Add arrow Create the policies and save, as shown below.
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Screenshot of Student Chat disable policy

Step 3:
Once a new policies are created, go to users arrow select the username arrow Accounts arrow Policies arrow Edit arrow Messaging policies arrow select the newly created policies and click Apply.
messaging-poilcy

Screeshot of the policy to choose

Step 4:
When you’re finished adding new policies for student accounts, the CHAT option should disappear as shown below & you can re-enable the chat feature by reverting the default policies if required.
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Screenshot of the end result without chat facility