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Before you begin

  • Use an administrator account in the same school organization as the teacher.
  • You need permission to grant organization-wide consent, such as the Cloud Application Administrator or Application Administrator role. A Teams administrator role alone does not establish this permission. See Microsoft’s consent roles.
  • Confirm the application is “Type the Word Classroom”, with application ID 79e1439e-ff70-46de-b0e9-e41b1831ac08.
Choose one approval method below. A teacher does not have to start setup before you can use the direct link.

Approve during sign-in

If you are an administrator signing in to Type the Word and Microsoft shows “Permissions requested”:
  1. Confirm you are using the school administrator account and review the permissions.
  2. Select “Consent on behalf of your organization”.
  3. Select “Accept”.
Microsoft permissions prompt for Type the Word Classroom with "Consent on behalf of your organization" unchecked and an "Accept" button

Select "Consent on behalf of your organization" before "Accept" to approve for the school.

The checkbox starts unchecked. Leaving it unchecked does not grant organization-wide consent. Its availability depends on the administrator’s role and the consent flow; use the direct link below if it is missing. See Microsoft’s consent-screen guidance.

Approve a teacher’s request

A teacher can select “Request approval” during teacher setup if your school has enabled Microsoft’s admin consent workflow. The request can be reviewed through either route below.

From the notification email

  1. Open Microsoft’s request notification in the configured reviewer’s mailbox.
  2. Follow the email’s review link and sign in with the school reviewer account.
  3. Open the Type the Word request and select “Review permissions and consent”.
  4. Review the permissions and select “Accept” to approve.
Emails go to the school’s designated reviewers when notifications are enabled, rather than to every administrator. Reviewers also need a role authorized to grant consent. To check recipients and notifications, open “Entra ID” → “Enterprise apps” → “Consent and permissions” → “Admin consent settings”. See Microsoft’s workflow settings.

From Microsoft Entra

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as a designated reviewer authorized to grant consent.
  2. Open “Entra ID” → “Enterprise apps”.
  3. Under “Activity”, select “Admin consent requests”.
  4. In “My Pending”, select “Type the Word Classroom”.
Microsoft Entra with numbered callouts for "Enterprise apps", "Admin consent requests", and the "Type the Word Classroom" request in "My Pending"

1 is "Enterprise apps". 2 is "Admin consent requests" under "Activity". 3 is the "Type the Word Classroom" request.

  1. Select “Review permissions and consent”.
  2. Review the permissions and select “Accept” to approve.
Microsoft Entra request details with numbered callouts for "Type the Word Classroom" and "Review permissions and consent"

1 is the "Type the Word Classroom" request. 2 is "Review permissions and consent" in its details.

Use “My Pending” to act on requests; “All (Preview)” shows request history. See Microsoft’s request-review instructions. Use this method before teacher setup, when the teacher cannot request approval, or when you cannot find a request.
  1. Open Approve Type the Word.
  2. Sign in with your school administrator account. Confirm the organization is the teacher’s school, especially if you manage multiple organizations.
  3. Review the requested permissions and select “Accept”.
You do not need to find or manually add the app in Entra first. The link explicitly requests the same permissions as teacher sign-in, including permission to check whether class teams are archived. See Microsoft’s admin consent protocol.

Verify approval

Ask the teacher to return to teacher setup, choose “Teacher” → “Continue with Microsoft”, and use their own school account. Confirm they can open the expected class and student roster without an approval-required message. Administrator consent approves the application for the organization. Teachers still sign in individually to synchronize their classes.

Approve updated classroom permissions

Type the Word requests the delegated Microsoft Graph permission Team.ReadBasic.All for teachers so it can check whether their class teams are archived. Student permissions are unchanged. This permission does not require administrator consent by default, but your school’s consent policy may require approval. If a teacher reports an approval request after this update, approve the updated request for your school tenant, then ask the teacher to sign out of Type the Word and sign in again with the same school account. Previously granted permissions and existing tokens do not automatically gain the new permission. Approval in another school’s tenant does not cover your school.

Troubleshooting

  • Approval keeps looping: Switching Microsoft accounts alone does not approve the app. Use one of the approval methods above with an authorized school administrator.
  • No request email or pending request: Check the configured reviewers and email setting. If the request is unavailable, use the direct link.
  • The app is missing from Entra’s application list: Use the direct link instead of trying to add it manually.
  • A personal account opens: Sign out and choose the school or work account.
  • Teacher still sees approval required: Confirm consent was granted for the teacher’s organization, then retry sign-in. Ask your administrator to check any required user assignment or other access policy. If it still fails, send the error screenshot to Type the Word support.