TEAMS - mute by default when entering a meeting

Anonymous
2020-09-22T18:46:23+00:00

Can you mute by default whenever you enter a TEAMS meeting? I know this option is available in WebEx, but can't seem to find it in the settings in TEAMS.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-08-12T11:53:04+00:00

    Agreed, would REALLY like to have the option of muting my mic by default instead of having to manually mute EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-02T04:04:09+00:00

    Yes, I would like to request a default MUTE settings upon join meetings. I dont think this settings is too difficult to implement.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-28T17:04:08+00:00

    I found this same thing. I joined a meeting and proceeded to have a conversation for five minutes...and then noticed that I was on Mute!! Why would it show me as muted when I'm not?

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-07-20T14:31:53+00:00

    you can achieve this by being the organiser going to meeting options, setting yourself as the only presenter - this will auto demote all participants existing and future joins to attendees, as then you have attendees you can select mic off for all attendees - this will literally force everyone to be muted - then you can turn mics back on when you are ready to start and attendees will have option to turn on or unmute themselves.

    see screenshot - effectively solves the problem you describe - also solves auto attendees so kids cant mute or kick others.

    when ready to start meeting re-slide the allow mic for attendees and they will still be muted just have option to unmute (if you like)

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