Microsoft has confirmed it is rolling out a new feature in Teams that allows users to report a security issue during a meeting, enabling organizations, IT admins, or security teams to intervene immediately. The company says the feature is necessary in 2026 due to rising impersonation, scams, and suspicious behavior in online meetings. Microsoft warns that AI tools have lowered the technical barrier for fraud and cybercrime, noting that attackers can use AI to scrape the web for company information, create authentic-looking deepfake participants, and clone voices if enough audio is publicly available. “AI-powered fraud attacks are happening globally, with much of the activity coming from China and Europe,” Microsoft noted in a research report published last year, adding that threats have been rising rapidly in Germany due to its status as the largest e-commerce market in the EU. The new ‘Report a concern’ feature allows participants to flag suspicious activity directly from a Teams meeting, with reports made available through the Microsoft Defender portal and Teams admin center for investigation. The feature can be used to report phishing, impersonation, scams, social engineering activity, and other security concerns. Relevant meeting metadata and limited contextual information will be collected and stored to support investigations. Admins can view reports in the Teams admin center, and organizations with Microsoft Defender can review detailed submissions in the Defender portal. The support document does not say that these reports are automatically sent to Microsoft.