Submissions Teams
In brief
The article now points administrators to the Teams user reported settings page and documents Exchange Online PowerShell commands for viewing and configuring Teams report destinations: Microsoft, a reporting mailbox, or both.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use the updated portal path or PowerShell examples to verify and manage Teams user reporting settings.
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Documentation change
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- sfi-ga-nochange
description: Admins can configure whether users can report malicious messages or calls in Microsoft Teams.
ms.service: defender-office-365
ms.date: 2026-09-
21T00:28T00:00:00.0000000Z ai-usage: ai-assisted locale: en-us document_id: 1d442262-3a46-5714-423c-d3a453a7b613
The Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams setting is meaningful only if Teams message or call reporting is turned on in the Teams admin center.
In the Microsoft Defender portal at https://security.microsoft.com, go to Settings > Email & collaboration >
UserTeams user reported settings tab. To go directly to theUserTeams user reported settings page, usehttps://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/userSubmissionhttps://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/teamsUserSubmission.On the
UserTeams user reported settings page, go to the Microsoft Teams section for the Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams setting.The Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams setting is turned on by default for new tenants; existing tenants need to enable it. Typically, you leave it turned on if message or call reporting is also turned on in Teams admin center. For more information, see Report suspicious email messages to Microsoft.
For more information about email user reported itemsitem settings in the Defender portal, see Email user reported settings.
Use Exchange Online PowerShell to configure user reporting in Teams
To view or configure user reporting in Teams by using PowerShell, connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.
To view the current Teams user reporting configuration, run the following command:
Get-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy |
Format-List ReportChatMessageEnabled,ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled,ReportChatMessageAddresses
For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy.
Send reported Teams items to Microsoft only
Tip
The value -ReportChatMessageEnabled $true is required to achieve Send reported items to > Microsoft only. The values -EnableUserEmailNotification $true and -ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $false are also required.
Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
-ReportChatMessageEnabled $true `
-ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $false `
-EnableUserEmailNotification $true
Send reported Teams items to the reporting mailbox only
Tip
The value -ReportChatMessageEnabled $false is required to achieve Send reported items to > My reporting mailbox only. The value -ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $true is also required.
Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
-ReportChatMessageEnabled $false `
-ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $true `
-ReportChatMessageAddresses "[email protected]"
Send reported Teams items to Microsoft and the reporting mailbox
Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
-ReportChatMessageEnabled $true `
-ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $true `
-ReportChatMessageAddresses "[email protected]"
To change the reporting mailbox without changing the reported item destination, run the following command:
Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
-ReportChatMessageAddresses "[email protected]"
How users report items in Teams
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ms.custom: - sfi-ga-nochange description: Admins can configure whether users can report malicious messages or calls in Microsoft Teams. ms.service: defender-office-365-ms.date: 2026-09-21T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-09-28T00:00:00.0000000Z ai-usage: ai-assisted locale: en-us document_id: 1d442262-3a46-5714-423c-d3a453a7b613@@ -127,14 +127,69 @@ To modify the **Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams** setting in the Defen
The **Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams** setting is meaningful only if Teams message or call reporting is turned on in the Teams admin center.
-1. In the Microsoft Defender portal at https://security.microsoft.com, go to **Settings** > **Email & collaboration** > **User reported settings** tab. To go directly to the **User reported settings** page, use https://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/userSubmission.
-2. On the **User reported settings** page, go to the **Microsoft Teams** section for the **Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams** setting.
+1. In the Microsoft Defender portal at https://security.microsoft.com, go to **Settings** > **Email & collaboration** > **Teams user reported settings** tab. To go directly to the **Teams user reported settings** page, use https://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/teamsUserSubmission.
+2. On the **Teams user reported settings** page, go to the **Microsoft Teams** section for the **Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams** setting.
- The **Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams** setting is turned on by default for new tenants; existing tenants need to enable it. Typically, you leave it turned on if message reporting is also turned on in Teams admin center. For more information, see [Report suspicious email messages to Microsoft](submissions-report-messages-files-to-microsoft#report-suspicious-email-messages-to-microsoft).
+ The **Monitor reported items in Microsoft Teams** setting is turned on by default for new tenants; existing tenants need to enable it. Typically, you leave it turned on if message or call reporting is also turned on in Teams admin center. For more information, see [Report suspicious email messages to Microsoft](submissions-report-messages-files-to-microsoft#report-suspicious-email-messages-to-microsoft).
[](media/submissions-teams-turn-on-off-defender-portal.png#lightbox)
-For more information about user reported items settings in the Defender portal, see [User reported settings](submissions-user-reported-messages-custom-mailbox).
+For more information about email user reported item settings in the Defender portal, see [Email user reported settings](submissions-user-reported-messages-custom-mailbox).
+
+### Use Exchange Online PowerShell to configure user reporting in Teams
+
+To view or configure user reporting in Teams by using PowerShell, connect to [Exchange Online PowerShell](/en-us/powershell/exchange/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell).
+
+To view the current Teams user reporting configuration, run the following command:
+
+```powershell
+Get-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy |
+ Format-List ReportChatMessageEnabled,ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled,ReportChatMessageAddresses
+```
+
+For detailed syntax and parameter information, see [Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy](/en-us/powershell/module/exchangepowershell/set-reportsubmissionpolicy).
+
+#### Send reported Teams items to Microsoft only
+
+Tip
+
+The value `-ReportChatMessageEnabled $true` is required to achieve **Send reported items to** > **Microsoft only**. The values `-EnableUserEmailNotification $true` and `-ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $false` are also required.
+
+```powershell
+Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
+ -ReportChatMessageEnabled $true `
+ -ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $false `
+ -EnableUserEmailNotification $true
+```
+
+#### Send reported Teams items to the reporting mailbox only
+
+Tip
+
+The value `-ReportChatMessageEnabled $false` is required to achieve **Send reported items to** > **My reporting mailbox only**. The value `-ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $true` is also required.
+
+```powershell
+Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
+ -ReportChatMessageEnabled $false `
+ -ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $true `
+ -ReportChatMessageAddresses "[email protected]"
+```
+
+#### Send reported Teams items to Microsoft and the reporting mailbox
+
+```powershell
+Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
+ -ReportChatMessageEnabled $true `
+ -ReportChatMessageToCustomizedAddressEnabled $true `
+ -ReportChatMessageAddresses "[email protected]"
+```
+
+To change the reporting mailbox without changing the reported item destination, run the following command:
+
+```powershell
+Set-ReportSubmissionPolicy -Identity DefaultReportSubmissionPolicy `
+ -ReportChatMessageAddresses "[email protected]"
+```
## How users report items in Teams

