SOURCE:    Vacation Tracker
TITLE:     Location Admin Training 2: Decide What Time Off Your Location Gets With Leave Policies (Microsoft Teams)
URL:       https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/location-admin-training-microsoft-teams-decide-what-time-off-your-location-gets-with-leave-policies/
LANG:      en
PUBLISHED: 2026-10-23
UPDATED:   2026-10-23
READING:   2 min
SUMMARY:   Assign leave types to your Location and set how each one works: quota, approval, shortest duration and more.
Location Admin Training 2: Decide What Time Off Your Location Gets With Leave Policies (Microsoft Teams)
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Location Admin Training 2: Decide What Time Off Your Location Gets With Leave Policies (Microsoft Teams)

A Leave Policy decides how a leave type works in your Location, for example how many days people get and whether requests need approval.

See Your Location's Policies

In the left-hand menu, under Leave Setup, click Leave Policies. You'll see the policies for your Managed Locations, with the quota, approval, negative balance and shortest leave duration for each one.

Leave Policies page listing the policies for the managed Location

Add a Leave Type to Your Location

  1. Go to Locations, open your Location and go to the Leave Policies tab.
  2. Click Assign Leave Policy.
  3. Choose a Leave Type. You can only pick leave types your Administrator has already created.
  4. Fill in the policy, at least the Yearly Leave Quota, and save it.
Leave Policies tab of a Location with Assign Leave Policy

Change a Policy

On the same tab, click the edit icon on a policy. The main settings are:

  • Yearly Leave Quota or Unlimited Quota
  • Approval Required
  • Shortest Leave Duration
  • Accruals and Brought Forward Settings
  • Allow Negative Balance, Reason Required and Hide Leave Type
  • Time Off In Lieu (TOIL)

Use the switch in the Status column to turn a policy on or off for your Location.

Edit Leave Policy page showing Yearly Leave Quota, Approval Required and Shortest Leave Duration

Check It Worked

On Leave Policies, every leave type your Location offers is listed and switched on, with the right quota and approval setting.

Common Questions

Leave Types are workspace-wide, so only Administrators create them. Once one exists, you can assign it to your Location.

No. Each Location has its own policy for the same leave type.

What's Next?

Location Admin Training 3: Update a User's Profile, Working Days and Leave Quotas (Microsoft Teams) How Do I Create and Configure Leave Policies? Location Admin Training 1: Set Holidays and the Workweek for Your Location (Microsoft Teams)
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