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
    2021-02-19T02:02:22+00:00

    I don’t understand. My teams app status changes to away if I haven’t touched my phone in 5 minutes even when other apps are active and the teams app hasn’t been shut down. Also, even though it says I can change my status duration on my desktop app, it still changes to away if I don’t touch my computer in 10 minutes even though I said not to change my status til end of day.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-18T02:09:53+00:00

    A possible solution to this problem would be to add a mobile status option that essentially defers to, or matches the PC's status.

    Then MS Teams would not have to guess what the user wants their status to be while in this mode. When the user steps away from their computer, their status will appear idle or away, but not offline. And when they shut down all their desktop instances (as for the day or weekend) they should then appear offline (although still able to receive messages on their phone).

    Note that a user's phone activity does not indicate their availability in the same way that their PC activity does. There is a reason one of the options is "Appear offline". I personally don't want to broadcast that I can be reached. But I also don't want to appear offline when I come into work Monday morning (although it can be good for my personal productivity, :) ).

    Adding this option would at least solve this problem for me. Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-12T10:56:07+00:00

    yes but that means that the status has to be changed manually on a daily basis.

    This makes it (slightly) troublesome, and (very) prone to mistakes.

    If this is the current set up, i will go check out the Teams User Voice page and see if any suggestions have been made.

    p.s. Thanks for the reply Rian

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-12T11:05:41+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.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-04-28T05:39:51+00:00

    Exactly my situation, I don´t want the phone app to alter my status, don´t want to change it manually either every day.

    Also thinking about uninstalling it from the phone, the cons are way higher than the pros, sadly.

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