TEAMS - mute by default when entering a meeting

I'll write the code for them:

Existing code:

if num_people < 5

mic on

else

mic off

New code:

mic off

I agree, Microsoft needs to address this issue, even from a privacy point of view. I have noticed that if i have my headset sitting on my desk and a Teams call comes in, my headset mic is on live without me touching it. On Zoom there is a setting to make the mic 'Mute on Joining' by default. MS needs to do this asap.

Agree with everyone looking for a setting for "default to mute" when joining meetings.

Major issue #1: Most of the time when you join a meeting and there are already people joined it will default to mute... IF YOU'RE SLOW ENOUGH. I'm not slow. I click on the meeting and immediately click join. Do this fast enough and Teams doesn't have time to see if there are multiple people to auto-mute you. Not everyone moves at sloth-speed.

Major issue #2: Transfers. I was joined to a meeting on my phone, muted. I transferred to my computer, I was automatically unmuted! If I'm muted and simply transferring devices, why would you think I wanted to go hot-mic all of a sudden?

This thread came up in response to googling "How to set mute by default in Teams?" Needless to say, disappointed that there still is not an option. So used to entering muted using Webex that did not realize I was causing noise for others. Very bad form.

I agree with all the responses on this. Everytime I join a call I have to quickly watch all the sounds being made around me just in case theres something happening in the background that can be heard.

So frustrating.