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Teams/block-incoming-chats.md

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+---
+title: Allow users to block Microsoft Teams chat messages
+author: MicrosoftHeidi
+ms.author: heidip
+manager: jtremper
+ms.reviewer: degoh
+ms.date: 07/29/2024
+ms.topic: article
+ms.tgt.pltfrm: cloud
+ms.service: msteams
+audience: Admin
+ms.custom: 
+ROBOTS: NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW
+ms.collection: 
+f1.keywords: 
+  - NOCSH
+appliesto: 
+  - Microsoft Teams
+ms.localizationpriority: medium
+search.appverid: MET150
+description: Learn how to allow users to block chats from people inside your organization.
+---
+
+# Allow users to block Microsoft Teams chat messages
+
+[!INCLUDE[Teams Premium ECM](includes/teams-premium-ecm.md)]
+
+You can allow users to block new incoming chats from people in your organization. When someone initiates a chat, users who have this policy assigned to them have the option to block that person. That person then can't communicate with the user or see their status. Users can unblock people from their chat history.
+
+This feature only affects 1:1 chats from other people inside your organization. (All users can [block chats from people outside your organization](https://support.microsoft.com/office/5b590992-c938-4ed9-933b-37ee1fb84d32).) This feature doesn't affect channel or meeting chats.
+
+Users must be using the [new Teams desktop client](new-teams-desktop-admin.md) or the web client to use this feature.
+
+This feature requires Teams Premium.
+
+## Manage who can block new incoming chats
+
+Configuring internal message blocking requires two admin controls:
+
+- The **Priority account chat control** messaging setting determines if message blocking is available in your organization.
+- The **Priority account chat control** messaging policy control determines if a user assigned to that policy has the option to block new incoming chats.
+
+To manage internal message blocking for your organization:
+
+1. In the Teams admin center, expand **Messaging** and select **Messaging settings**.
+1. Under **Advanced collaboration management**, set **Priority account chat control** to **On** or **Off**.
+1. Select **Save**.
+
+To manage internal message blocking for specific users or groups:
+
+1. In the Teams admin center, expand **Messaging** and select **Messaging policies**.
+1. Select the policy that you want to update or create a new one.
+1. Set **Priority account chat control** to **On** or **Off**.
+1. Select **Save**.
+
+The messaging setting and the messaging policy must both be enabled for a user to be able to block new incoming chats.
+
+## Related topics
+
+[Manage Teams with policies](manage-teams-with-policies.md)

Teams/manage-reactions-meetings.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: wlibebe
 manager: pamgreen
 ms.topic: article
 ms.service: msteams
-ms.reviewer: 
+ms.reviewer: defnea
 ms.date: 10/12/2023
 audience: admin
 ms.localizationpriority: medium
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ description: Learn to manage meeting reactions in Teams meetings.
 
 **APPLIES TO:** ✔️Meetings ✔️Webinars ✖️Town halls
 
-The availability of reactions can be configured through either the Teams admin center interface or using PowerShell. Reactions are enabled by default. This setting also controls the hand raise feature.
+As an admin, you can manage whether organizers can include reactions in their meetings and webinars through the Teams admin center or using PowerShell. Reactions are enabled by default.
 
 This setting sets the default for new meetings. Meeting organizers can change the setting for each meeting that they create.
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ To set the default for meeting reactions in new meetings:
 1. In the Teams admin center, expand **Meetings** and select **Meeting policies**.
 1. Select the policy that you want to edit.
 1. Scroll to the **Meeting engagement** section.
-1. Set **Reactions** to **On** or **Off**.
+1. Toggle the **Reactions** setting **On** or **Off**.
 1. Select **Save**.
 
 To configure the setting in PowerShell, use the **`-AllowMeetingReactions`** parameter within the PowerShell [Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy](/powershell/module/teams/set-csteamsmeetingpolicy) cmdlet.

Teams/plan-meetings.md

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Teams admins and organizers have different policies and settings to control the
 |[Prevent users from joining external meetings](external-meeting-join.md)|Can control which types of Microsoft Teams meetings your users can join.|No control.|
 |[Prevent users from sharing content in external meetings (Teams Premium)](block-external-content-share.md)|Can control which types of external Microsoft Teams meetings your users share content in.|No control.|
 |[Q&A](manage-qna-for-teams.md)|Can manage if organizers can use Q&A in meetings.|Can decide if Q&A is available for their meetings if allowed by admins.|
-|[Reactions and hand raise](manage-reactions-meetings.md)| Manage whether reactions and hand raise can be used in meetings created by organizers with this policy. |Can control whether reactions and hand raise can be used in their meetings. |
+|[Reactions](manage-reactions-meetings.md)| Manage whether reactions can be used in meetings created by organizers with this policy. |Can control whether reactions can be used in their meetings. |
 |[Recording](meeting-recording.md)|Can allow or prevent meeting recording and set recording expiration time.|If the admin enables recording, organizers can set who can record (Teams Premium) and automatic recording.|
 |[Registration](set-up-meeting-registration.md)|Can allow or prevent meeting registration.|Can require meeting registration if allowed by admin.|
 |[RTMP-In (Teams Premium)](meetings-rtmp-in.md)|Can control whether organizers can use RTMP-In for their meetings. |Can produce their Teams meetings directly from an external hardware or software-based encoder to integrate different types of media. To start streaming from the encoder, organizers can choose RTMP-In from their meeting options and then access the RTMP link and key. |

Teams/plan-webinars.md

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Teams admins and organizers have different policies and settings to control the
 |[Manage what attendees see (Teams Premium)](https://support.microsoft.com/office/manage-what-attendees-see-in-teams-meetings-19bfd690-8122-49f4-bc04-c2c5f69b4e16)|No control|Can decide whose avatars or video feeds to spotlight during a Teams meeting. Others are hidden from view.|
 |[Manage who can schedule webinars](set-up-webinars.md)|Can disable webinars for users and groups, control which organizers can schedule webinars,  and decide whether organizers can schedule public webinars.|Can schedule webinars if allowed by admin.|
 |[Q&A](manage-qna-for-teams.md)|Can manage if organizers can use Q&A in webinars.|Can decide if Q&A is available for their webinars if allowed by admins.|
-|[Reactions and hand raise](manage-reactions-meetings.md)| Manage whether organizers can use reactions and hand raise in their webinars with this policy. |Can control whether reactions and hand raise can be used in their webinars. |
+|[Reactions](manage-reactions-meetings.md)| Manage whether organizers with this policy can use reactions in their webinars. |Can control whether reactions can be used in their webinars. |
 |[Recording](meeting-recording.md)| Can allow or prevent webinar recording. |If the admin enables recording, organizers can set who can record and automatic recording. |
 |[Registration](set-up-webinars.md)| Can manage who can register for webinars. |Registration is required for attendees to attend webinars. Organizers can decide how many people can register for a webinar. With a Teams Premium license, they can also require manual registration approval, enable a waitlist, and limit registration start and end time.  |
 |[Registration form](manage-registration-form-webinars.md)| Can manage the types of questions an organizer can require attendees to answer when registering for webinars. | Can edit the registration form depending on admin settings.|

Teams/toc.yml

@@ -608,7 +608,8 @@ items:
           href: teams-custom-emojis.md
         - name: Supervised chat for non-educational tenants
           href: supervised-chat-non-edu.md
-
+        - name: Block incoming chat messages
+          href: block-incoming-chats.md
     - name: Channels
       items:
         - name: Overview of channels