Configure Microsoft Mesh

Important

In order to streamline the admin experience, admins will no longer need to configure Mesh in M365 Apps Admin Center. If you had previously restricted Mesh access to users or groups in your organization via the Mesh policy found in the M365 Apps Admin Center, you will need to switch to restricting access via the Mesh service plan instead in the M365 Admin Center (MAC).

The Mesh app is by default available to all users in the M365 Admin Center. Admins can block the app for specific users or user groups by turning off the Microsoft Mesh service plan.

This covers access to the following experiences:

• Mesh app on PC
• Mesh app on Quest 2
• Mesh on the web

By default, these Mesh experiences will be available to all users if a service plan or policy does not restrict access. Follow the Configure access to Mesh using service plans or Configure access to Mesh using policies steps below to block specific groups or people.

Prerequisites

To configure access to Mesh in your tenant, you must have one of the following roles in Azure Active Directory:

• Global Administrator
• Security Administrator
• Office Apps Admin

License requirements for Immersive spaces in Mesh

For Microsoft Mesh, you will need the following:

• Teams Premium license in a tenant for Commercial use. Learn more about Microsoft Teams Premium licensing - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn.

  Note

  We don't support tenants with worldwide public sector, EDU, or GCC licenses.

• Pre-requisite license for Teams Premium, as outlined in Requirements to purchase Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn for all users of Mesh.

  Note

  All Teams Premium prerequisite licenses include Sharepoint, OneDrive, and M365 Calendar. Learn more about Teams for enterprise and Teams Premium trial license.

• (Optional) Unity license(s) and Azure subscription with storage to develop custom immersive spaces and deploy Cloud Scripting for Mesh environments.

  Learn more about Mesh Cloud Scripting infrastructure and management.

Subscription requirements

To use Microsoft Mesh, all users (including developers, event organizers, and event attendees/users) are required to have a M365 Office subscription with access to SharePoint, OneDrive, and M365 Calendar.

These are required for:

• Group creation: Used for Mesh World creation in Mesh on the web.
• SharePoint/OneDrive: Used for custom event/template creation.
• Mailbox/Calendar: Used for events creation and/or sending/receipt of event invites.

For help, see the immersive spaces in mesh licensing Troubleshooting and FAQs.

Configure access to Mesh using service plans

Important

In order to streamline the admin experience, admins will no longer need to configure Mesh in M365 Apps Admin Center. If you had previously restricted Mesh access to users or groups in your organization via the Mesh policy found in the M365 Apps Admin Center, you will need to switch to restricting access via the Mesh service plan instead in the M365 Admin Center (MAC) by the end of February, 2024.

1. Sign into M365 Admin Center with an admin account with at least Global, License, or User level permissions and open the left navigation panel to the Users section.

   

2. Select a user or group and select Licenses and apps to manage the user's or group's active licenses and service plans.

   

3. Ensure that you have enabled the appropriate licenses for Microsoft Mesh in order for the service plan to show up in the Apps section.

   

4. Toggle the Microsoft Mesh service plan off to disable Mesh for the selected user or group.

For additional guidance for assigning licenses in M365, see:

Assign or unassign licenses for users in the Microsoft 365 admin center - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn

For more complex and larger group license management, you can do so in Entra ID:

Assign licenses to a group - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn

End user license agreement

Your users must enter a separate agreement directly with Microsoft to enable spatial audio for Mesh experiences. That agreement is presented to your users before the user's first use of Mesh. If a user does not wish to enter into that agreement, the user cannot use Mesh.

If an admin does not agree to the license agreement terms, then admins can disable Mesh for users via Service Plans described above.

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