Microsoft Teams Status - Desktop and Mobile

Anonymous
2020-08-12T10:34:18+00:00

I have recently received Microsoft Teams access as part of my Office pack.

I noticed that with the mobile app logged in, the status is constantly showing "Available" even when i am not active.

This means anyone looking for me would believe that i am available.

Is there no way to set it to show as away or at least a separate status that states "mobile" when we are not active on the desktop App of teams?

It is highly annoying to have to amend the status manually.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-29T09:13:52+00:00

    I had similar but kind of the opposite issue: suddenly my Teams desktop App seems to take the Status from my Mobile App, so when I am working on my laptop and the phone is idle, even when I was in a meeting on my desktop Teams app, it constantly shows "Away". When it is this way, I cannot manually change it, it only changes when I do something with my phone...

    I even tried solving the issue by logging out from my mobile app, but it just ended up giving me logged out status on my desktop app, even if I was actively using it...

    All tips welcome!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-12-17T14:02:25+00:00

    I too am experiencing this issue. Has anyone found a solve?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-21T06:19:25+00:00

    Unfortunately the status between desktop and mobile is not dependent to each other.
    The status is based on your activity on each devices so you will be needing to update manually the statuses for both devices.

    Teams will automatically set your status from Available to Away when the Teams app is in the background. On desktop and web, this will happen when you lock your computer or when it enters idle or sleep mode.

    I have the opposite problem. My status shows away when logged in and active on my mobile device. How do I set them to synchronize?

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-07-17T04:12:18+00:00

    I had the issue talked about here where my phone kept my status at Away even when I was working on my computer with Teams open. I believe it was doing this because I wasn't using my phone, so the Teams app in my phone was overriding my status. To fix this, I signed out and then back into Teams on my computer only, and then Teams showed me as Available. When I lock my computer, it automatically shows me Away like it should.

    Also, you can manually set your status, to clear this and have Teams manage your status, you need to click your status (available, away, etc.) and then select Reset status.

    I hope this helps! I was happy to figure out this fix!

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