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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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-28T08:20:19+00:00

    Great Post-I have voted in both

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-30T22:36:06+00:00

    Same thing. I'm working and my Teams which to away while I'm using my mouse and keyboard but haven't done anything in Teams it's for "X" minutes. It's very annoying.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-12T12:58:38+00:00

    I have a similar issue where I will set my status to "be right back" and sometimes when I come back and resume working I forget to manually switch it back to available. On occasion I've been working for quite some time only to realize I'm still showing as "be right back." It would be helpful if there was a setting in Teams that would allow users to select having Teams switch back to available status upon detecting activity.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-05-26T21:45:25+00:00

    Solution that worked for me is closing teams and communicating over zoom. Incredibly annoying situation given that my Outlook status reflected this as well. Can't believe it's still an issue.

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