Microsoft recently changed the policy so that applications which users are not allowed to install in Teams are now displayed instead of being hidden as they were before. While I understand Microsoft’s reasoning behind this step, I (and my clients) are quite unhappy with it.
Last week, I was with a client discussing this issue, and the client said, „You can hide them.“ I replied, „Uh, no, that’s not possible.“ The client opened Teams, and the Teams App Store showed only the allowed apps. One of those moments where you, as a consultant, are suddenly speechless 😉
But I always enjoy learning something new from my clients! So, yes, it is possible!
To spread this knowledge a bit, here is the guide:
Here’s the classic scenario. Microsoft apps are allowed, 3rd party apps are forbidden:
The user sees all apps they cannot access, marked with „Request“.
We can change this with the following PowerShell command:
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes TeamworkAppSettings.ReadWrite.All
$params = @{
„@odata.type“ = „#microsoft.graph.teamsAppSettings“
allowUserRequestsForAppAccess = „false“
}
Update-MgTeamworkTeamAppSetting -BodyParameter $params
The command takes effect relatively quickly, but due to Teams caching, it may take some time for the view to update to look like this:
A huge thank you to (I haven’t received permission to name him yet) for this command – as a Microsoft fanboy, this issue has always bothered me immensely, and now I can sleep more peacefully 😉
