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
    2020-10-28T16:46:19+00:00

    So far logging into Teams via web browser seems to keep the desktop app showing Active. I heard using the phone app has the same effect, but I don't want Teams on my phone and the web-based login seems to be working so far.

    My boss is a TEAMStalker so this Away status timeout just because I haven't clicked inside the Teams desktop app is a real issue. Microsoft could be getting a lot of people in trouble with this horrible design choice.

    Edit: web-based login does not solve the issue. Thought it did but Teams just wasn't syncing properly.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-28T18:53:34+00:00

    I appreciate the fact that I just got another update today for MS Teams, and this disaster of a problem STILL HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED! IT HAS BEEN MONTHS!

    I Truly hope whoever is ignoring this issue on the MS Teams staff sits on a rotating cactus for as long as this issue lasts.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-28T21:40:23+00:00

    Edit 2: Running Skype for Business in the system icon area as a background app seems to keep Teams alive. I know not everyone has that ability but it seems to be working if you do.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T15:44:23+00:00

    it is like MS teams is logging your mouse-activity to show different status.

    I DONT WANT THAT.

    Where is this data used for?

    There is no need for the use of Teams to do that unless there is a commercial reason behind it.

    Just give me a checkbutton to uncheck "show away after...." and maybe a dropdown with a list of timevariables.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T20:14:47+00:00

    Edit 2: Running Skype for Business in the system icon area as a background app seems to keep Teams alive. I know not everyone has that ability but it seems to be working if you do.

    I've been running both applications side-by-side for over a year and this has not been the case.

    I'm experiencing the same issues as everyone else.

    Sometimes a youtube video running in the background on mute might help, but even that is hit or miss some days.

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