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Authenticated Google Meet Bots: Getting Out of the Threat Queue

Authenticated Google Meet Bots: Getting Out of the Threat Queue

Google Meet now sorts join requests into a verified queue and a high-risk one. Data-center bots land in the second. Here is how we sign bots into a real Workspace account using SAML, and how to set it up.

AAmr El Shimy
•August 17, 2026
Authenticated Microsoft Teams Bots: Skipping the Lobby

Authenticated Microsoft Teams Bots: Skipping the Lobby

Teams holds anonymous joiners in the lobby and increasingly gates them behind a captcha. Signing the bot into a real Microsoft 365 account removes both. Here is the API, the tenant setup, and why Teams works differently from Meet.

AAmr El Shimy
•August 17, 2026
Bring Your Own Storage: Recordings That Never Rest on Our Infrastructure

Bring Your Own Storage: Recordings That Never Rest on Our Infrastructure

Point MeetingBaaS at object storage you own and every recording, transcript, audio chunk and log goes there instead. Two credentials, a real access check, and an honest account of what you give up.

AAmr El Shimy
•August 17, 2026
Six Transcription Providers, One API

Six Transcription Providers, One API

Gladia, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, Speechmatics, Soniox and ElevenLabs, selected per bot, with your own API key, your own region, and full pass-through of every provider-specific option.

AAmr El Shimy
•August 17, 2026