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
    2021-02-03T16:00:49+00:00

    Have you received an update from Microsoft support on this?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-30T17:39:32+00:00

    Same issue here, and unfortunatelly we use the response group with the longest idle logics, so we literally lose calls because teams goes "away" even if you're active on laptop.

    Opened a premier support case. Waiting for response..

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-29T15:33:40+00:00

    Same problem different day. No matter what I do it always switches back to 'Away'. I work on multiple programs, screens and it always the same day in and day out. Everyone I know is having this issue. Thanks "Teams" on being a "Team" player!

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-22T18:22:44+00:00

    Unfortunately that's not a fix. That's a way to change your status for a period of time, overriding everything else. It's not the same as saying "how long before you set my status to away" preference.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-01-14T18:24:25+00:00

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