The following are feature updates for the Lark Admin Console after February 2020. Since the product is continuously updated, the features you use may differ from the descriptions in this article.
2025.02
Optimized experience of inviting members to join the organization
When inviting members to join the organization, you need to select the email type for the member's login. If you select the Lark business email option, you must manually set a login password for the member or generate a random password and send it to the member so they can log in with the correct credentials.
If the organization has not yet set up the Feishu Lark business email, you can select the work email as the login email and provide the corresponding email address that the member will use for work.
Manage the organization's storage space
As an administrator, you can view the storage space taken up by Feishu Lark Docs, Minutes, Mail, Messager, and other products in the Feishu Lark Admin Console. You can free up space when some features take up too much space to ensure that Feishu works properly.
2025.01
Monthly auto-renewal is supported when purchasing a Lark Pro plan
When purchasing a Lark Pro plan, administrators can choose to purchase it annually or monthly. If you choose monthly auto-renewal, the product validity period is one calendar month. It will be automatically renewed with the subscription fee deducted in the next month, and the validity period will be extended by one calendar month accordingly until the renewal is cancelled.
2024.12
Optimization of seat assignment when inviting members
If an organization uses multiple paid plans simultaneously, administrators can manually assign seats to members when inviting them to join the organization in the Lark Admin Console. Alternatively, administrators can skip manual assignment by configuring automatic seat assignment for specific user groups.
Self-service invoice retrieval is supported after purchasing products or services
After purchasing products or services in the Lark Admin Console, an invoice is automatically generated. Administrators can easily view or download the invoice directly from the Lark Admin Console.
2024.09
Trusted parties between Lark and Feishu
Trusted-party relationships can be established between Lark and Feishu. After an organization on Lark establishes a trusted-party relationship with an organization on Feishu, the members of the two organizations can work together in the modules of Contacts, Messenger, Search, Video Meetings, Minutes, Calendar, Tasks, Docs, and so on securely and efficiently.
Note: This feature is only available for organizations on the Lark Enterprise plan.
Assign seats to user groups
After assigning seats to user groups, members will be automatically assigned seats after being added to the user group. When a member is removed from the user group, the removed member will automatically lose the assigned seat.
2024.08
"Visibility scope of member profile" change to "Member field visibility"
The Visibility scope of member profile option is renamed to Member field visibility, where you can configure rules that apply to members' profile pages.
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2024.03
Self-Renew Lark Pro
Organizations on the Lark Pro plan can self-renew the service in the Lark Admin Console from the subscription takes effect until 30 days after the service ends. To learn more, see Admin | Purchase Lark Pro and Enterprise plans.
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Lark Verification
Lark provides official identity verification for organizations, helping members make informed choices when joining organizations and cross-organization collaboration, reducing the possibility of impersonation and infringement issues. Lark verified organizations will have a green 'verified' badge next to its name. To learn more, see Introduction to Lark verification.
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2024.01
Dynamic user groups
Administrators can set rules to get members automatically added into or removed from accordingly. The dynamic user group rules support attributes of both default and custom fields. The custom fields of members support text, options and other types. To learn more, see Admin | Configure dynamic groups.
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Custom fields for department information
In addition to custom fields for members, administrators can also add custom fields for departments. To learn more, see Admin | Configure custom fields.
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Manage orders of installment payments
The bills of installments will show the status of each installment after the administrator pays the first installment. The next installment will be paid automatically on the next payment day, and a notification will be sent to the billing account mailbox or offline order contact. To learn more, see Admin | View and complete orders.
2023.12
Customize header messages for Docs
Administrators can set header messages to appear at the top of all Docs created by members. These headers can communicate important concepts to your members, such as a reminder to follow organization rules. You can also attach links to Lingo entries to add extra detail. To learn more, see Admin | Customize header messages for Docs.
2023.10
Change members' login credentials
Administrators can change members' login phone number or email address, ensuring login credentials are secure and up-to-date. To learn more, see Edit member's login phone number and email address.
Reset members' login password
Administrators can reset members' passwords to avoid disruption due to login problems. To learn more, see Reset member's passwords.
Set administrator's permission scope
For some administrator permissions, it is now possible to define a specific management scope.
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Configure trusted party settings for secure labels
Secure labels now allow configuration for sharing with trusted parties.
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2023.09
Single sign-on login update
Additional information regarding SSO login and your organizations geo-location. To learn more, see Configure SAML 2.0 SSO login using Okta or Google.
2023.06
Admin Console now supports advanced search
In addition to searching for features and apps, the Admin Console's search box now supports advanced searches and looking up information about your organization. You can search for organization members, departments, roles, meeting rooms, administrator roles, and trusted parties. This helps administrators quickly locate relevant information and work more efficiently.
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Set up paste protection
Activating paste protection restricts members from reproducing information from Lark in other apps, ensuring your organization's confidential data remains secure. After you activate paste protection, members can still copy and paste content within Lark, but won't be able to move it to other apps.
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Automatically update department group membership based on workforce type
When you create a department group, you can specify what kinds of members are added based on their workforce type. Members of selected types will be automatically added to the group, while others will be automatically removed.
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2023.05
Check out the new Trusted Parties menu
The Trusted Parties menu now includes two sections: Organization List and Global Settings. Permissions for the two sections can be independently assigned to different administrators.
Organization List: View the details of trusted parties, submit requests to establish trust and handle requests to remove trust.
Global Settings: Configure the settings for removing trusted parties and specify detailed settings for the visibility scope of your organization's members, organizational structure, and profile pages.
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Independent Docs permission settings for trusted parties
When configuring Docs' external sharing permissions, there is now an option to specially Allow sharing with trust parties. Which means even if internal files or folders are restricted from being shared with external organizations, they can still be shared with trusted parties.
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2023.04
Set login valid period for members
The administrator can safeguard their organization's information security one step further by setting login validity periods for members on mobile, desktop, and web. The shortest valid period is 1 day and the longest is 90 days. If members haven't used Lark within the set login valid period, they will be asked to log in to their accounts again.
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2023.03
Use the admin global search
The search bar can quickly find sections within the Admin Console, as well as within installed apps, helping admins make the most of their time.
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Manage user groups
User groups are primarily used to define permissions for a group of users. For example, you can allow the members of one user group to use a specific app, and specify that the members of another group can't view the organizational structures of other users.
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Manage payment methods and view billing history For translation
When purchasing Lark's services, you can pay by credit or debit card as well as a number of other payment methods. You can also link cards to your account, set the default payment method, and view your billing history.
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2023.02
Purchase storage upgrade plans
Lark's Starter Plan, Pro Plan, and Enterprise Plan can offer organizations differing storage capabilities. Organizations with Pro or Enterprise plan can purchase storage upgrade plans for Docs, Mail, and Minutes in the admin console.
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Quarantine sensitive permissions from primary administrators
Primary administrators have access to every permission in the Admin Console, apart from disbanding the organization. However, if some permissions are deemed to be sensitive (such as the admin log), the organization can quarantine these permissions from primary administrators. Removing access to sensitive permissions can increase an organization's security.
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2022.12
Accidentally deleted members can be restored
If an administrator accidentally deletes a member, they can restore the member's account by using the Lark Admin Console or Open API within 30 days.
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2022.11
Upgraded administrator permission settings
Meet the brand-new Administrator Permissions page where you can assign different permissions to administrator roles of different levels. Parent-child management levels, detail export, and quick reuse of the same type of roles are supported. This feature is expected to be upgraded automatically in October. For a better user experience, it is recommended that Enterprise primary administrators upgrade manually in advance.
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Manage member access to phone numbers
Administrators of Business and Enterprise edition can set the contact phone number field as weak, average or strong. That is, they can restrict the amount of information that is visible on member profile pages to other members.
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Set secure labels for Docs
Organization administrators can set sensitivity levels for secure labels and apply them to documents to protect sensitive data within the organization. Administrators with permissions can create and manage secure labels, as well as apply default labels to historical documents.
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2022.10
Add an extension number to the member profile
In the admin console, administrators can add an extension number to a member’s profile. The extension number will be displayed on their profile page to make collaboration easier.
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2022.08
Use the admin task center to check the progress of the ongoing tasks
Say hello to the admin task center where you can track the progress of all ongoing tasks.
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2022.07
Enable members to edit their own avatar or not
In the Member Profile > Other Settings page in the Admin console, click Edit, and then select which fields members can edit on their own profile pages.
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2022.06
Search for members using user IDs
Administrators can now search for members with their user IDs in the admin console. Applicable scenarios include: searching for members in Members and Departments; assigning Department supervisors and Department group owners; adding members to User Groups or Roles; adding administrators or primary administrators; configuring User Permissions and Security strategy.
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Set watermarks based on the organizational structure
Enterprise edition administrators can differentiate the watermark settings by department, member, and user group.
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Set up file operation permissions for members by setting IP fences
By setting IP fences, administrators can limit the file permissions of organization members and set which network segments are allowed or restricted to better protect organization privacy and avoid data leakage.
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Set to turn on or off Red dot badges for new moments
When turned on, a red dot will appear on the upper right corner of the Moments icon when there are new moments posted by other members, making it easier to check out new updates.
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2022.05
Turn on two-step verification for organization members
Once the administrator turns on two-step verification for their organization, all members of the organization will have to complete both a password and verification code authentication when they log in or switch to their organization account. Two-step verification makes both corporate and personal data more secure.
2022.04
Assign Business email passwords for members
The organization's admin can assign passwords for members when adding members in the admin console. Members can use the Lark Business email address and password assigned by the admin to log in to Lark directly on Lark app.
2022.02
Set aliases for members
Administrators can add aliases for members in Lark admin console. Once set, members‘ aliases will be displayed in chats, profile pages and so on. Members can also search for other people using their alias.
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Lark account services upgrade
members will only receive an invitation in Lark or from their contact methods, when the administrator has added members via phone numbers or email addresses. Users can choose either to Accept or Decline the invitation, and only members who have accepted the invitation will join the organization. If they have declined the invitation, their info in the admin console will be deleted.
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2022.01
Set up "Attendance by taking photos"
Allow employees to take photos to clock in and out to help organizations verify employees’ clock in/out environment. All photos taken will be automatically watermarked with clock in/out time, location, and employee information.
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2021.12
Primary administrators can use reports to view email usage information.
Primary administrators can use reports to view email usage information. These reports show the total emails sent and received per day, internal and external emails sent, internal and external emails received, and other data. In addition, you can view and export data for specific departments.
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Forward or delete submitted approvals on Lark Approval
Improve efficiency and intervene abnormal processes with Lark Approval. Administrators can transfer, view and delete processes. Boost approval speed & configure settings to ensure accurate approvals.