Multiple windows for MS Teams?

Anonymous
2019-10-10T14:11:14+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-03T22:59:22+00:00

    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!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-04T13:40:19+00:00

    Thanks for this workaround. I'll definitely try that out!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-04T22:30:24+00:00

    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

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-05T11:35:22+00:00

    For God Sake, you still haven't fixed this. Its Just basic quality of life issues. your telling us to just use a workaround its been a year. Microsoft fix this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-06-19T14:21:55+00:00

    In addition to being able to have multiple chat windows, it is very challenging to attend a meeting and open a document in Teams. Downloading and working in it separately counters the ease of working in a shared document. If the meeting could pop out to another window and then screen, that would be helpful.

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