By Zak Doffman
Publication Date: 2026-01-24 23:48:00
You have six weeks left to secretly work from home.
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Updated on Jan. 24 with new analysis on Microsoft’s work location tracking.
We’ve all been there. Stretching hybrid or work-from-home policies when needed. Trusting our usual virtual background on Teams to mask an untidy living room or kitchen table from colleagues. But Microsoft now has some very bad news.
Microsoft confirms that its Microsoft 365 Roadmap is about to add a crafty new feature. “When users connect to their organization’s Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in.” Conversely, if you’re not connected to work Wi-Fi, then it shows that instead and you will be found out.
As Neowin explains, “if you are late for work, do some work from home, or do anything on Teams and Outlook from any network that is not your organization’s, your employer would know about this. This obviously did not sit well with workers who either work in hybrid setups or do not…
