TEAMS - mute by default when entering a meeting

It is patently obvious that MS don't care one bit about Teams users. The only answer is not to buy their garbage and not to work for companies who insist that you use it.

I suspect (and hope) that nobody is asking for the default to be "muted" for everyone all the time. More that there should be a default and it should be settable by the user. Given that this has been an active request with hundreds of likes for over two years I suspect Microsoft dont care, which is a shame as it would be a useful feature. The worst thing about Microsoft ignoring this isnt the feature requested so much as the fact that it implies that Microsoft have no interest in making obviously logical improvements on any level :/ Its almost like they dont want people to engage with Teams...

Well put MickyB_2021.

I've only used Teams for a short time. When I ran into this issue, I searched for answers and found this thread. I am so disappointed to find there is no solution and the issue was communicated to MS almost 2 years ago. Come on MS!

I agree we need this feature. I just was on a meeting and my dog crawled on my lap. When I spoke to him eveyone on the call heard me. I thought I was muted. So frustrating. Shame on microsoft for not having such a basic feature to this software. I much prefer webex.

Yes, I too need to auto-mute when joining all meetings, just like I have set in my preferences in Zoom.