Teams away setting automatically switching on when not away

Anonymous
2020-07-01T17:06:37+00:00

Hi there, 

My teams status is constantly switching to "away" while I am working on my computer. This is very frustrating as my co-workers need to know when I am actually away or available.

Is there a manual override for this? It would be excellent to be able to set it as available so that my team knows they can reach my even if I am working on paper, or in this case if it has switched itself to "away".

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-02T18:14:37+00:00

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-02T18:07:29+00:00

    This is one of the worst solutions I have seen from MS.  I'm not going to put a message in Teams saying I'm available.  Teams should be able to recognize that I am actively logged into my computer and working in other MS applications.  I've had several people avoid reaching out to me because it says I'm away when I'm not.  Right now I'm going into Teams periodically to keep my status as available.  This seems like a lot of extra work.  Can't MS extended the time beyond 5 minutes?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-02T02:07:08+00:00

    Microsoft does not monitor this forum.

    You are all wasting your time to complain here.

    If you want them to see your comments, you MUST use UserVoice.

    Here is a link to this issue in UserVoice.

    https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/908686-bug-reports/suggestions/41278342-teams-now-setting-my-status-to-away-after-10-min

    This issue has been reported under several threads.  To get their attention, a thread must get a lot of votes.  Then they will take it seriously and devote resources to it.

    Until then, youre pi$$ing in the wind.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-12-01T22:33:41+00:00

    I'll keep posting until they fix it. This is typical Microsoft behavior though. Society is the beta tester. Also note the MacOS version does the exact same thing. That's my primary machine. But Windows shows the same issue. Pitiful.

    C'mon Microsoft, get your Sh.t together. This is beyond old.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-12-01T22:16:36+00:00

    Why Microsoft is Ignoring this issue? It is hard to believe that a company like Microsoft cannot fix this issue.

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