Will the change introduced by Microsoft in MC985483 (New default passcode in CreateMeeting API) also affect Calendar Events when IsOnlineMeeting = true?

Question

Microsoft recently announced that they are making the isPasscodeRequired property in CreateOnlineMeeting API default true, which makes it necessary to have the passcode to join the online meeting.

Will this change also affect online meetings created through the Calendar Event endpoint? I have tested this in my dev environment, resulting in even though the isPasscodeRequired property of the OnlineMeeting is set to true, one can still join the Event through the join url, as long as one of the attendees admit me into the meeting. However, I want to be sure that this behaviour is not changed on February 24th.

So, it seems like the isPasscodeRequired does not affect Calendar Events, even though it in fact is an Online Meeting under the hood.

Answer 1

Hello Jørgen Mortensen,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft!

Regarding the query on the usage of isPasscodeRequired property while working with Calendar Events, as mentioned in the documentation, the change that is going to happen starting February 24 2025 does not affect online meetings created through the Calendar Event Endpoint. Even if the isPasscodeRequried property is set to true for an Online Meeting, attendees can still join the event through the join URL as long as one of the attendees admits them into the meeting.

Please find the below link for any updates on the change:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/announcing-the-deprecation-of-the-ispasscoderequired-property-on-the-microsoft-graph-online-meeting-api/

Hope this helps.

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