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Why doesn't MS Teams support multiple windows? It stands to reason that if you are on multiple chats, editing a file, and trying to join a meeting, you don't want to leave each ongoing action behind to go to the next, and shuffle around try to find where you left off in each section later. Even separate windows for chat would be a huge help, or allowing a meeting to launch a new window outside of Teams and leave whatever you were working on in the original window. Most people use multiple windows and multiple monitors to multi-task, and I'm surprised that the only way Teams seems to allow this is to run some of your windows out of a browser? Is there help coming to make this a more productive tool? This feels like a downgrade from Skye for Business...
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I just got an update today that lets me pop out individual chat windows... doesn't let me search within that chat or get files though
And I don't really want one window for a meeting and then 5 popped out chats
Thanks for this workaround. I'll definitely try that out!
Agreed! Unable to have multiple windows of the app bites.
Workaround... Open MS Teams in browser (https://teams.microsoft.com) and duplicate the tab. Can move the tab onto a separate monitor. If have the app open too, will have three instances of MS Teams (i.e. one of the app; two in the browser).
Limitation... When opening more than two tabs, even if move the tab to a separate monitor, you do get an annoying notice that says, 'are you still there?', but you can click on 'I'm back' and it keeps you where you were originally.
Cheers!
Dear Microsoft, we don't care how you do it. If you let us "Pop out" Channel Tabs and the Calendar like you did for Chats, that would be a great start. I don't think we (the users) need to engineer this for you. You just need to get It done. There are thousands of bored students home for the summer. At least some of them know how to write code.
Multiple window capability is essential.
I would like to view a shared screen on one monitor, view the video feed of attendees on a 2nd one (great for getting reactions etc.), view the chat on a 3rd monitor.