Managing presence indicators such as Available, Busy, or Away to reflect user availability
Hi Dylan
I’m Garcia and I will be happy to help you with your question, I am a Microsoft consumer like you. Additionally, this is a user support forum and Independent Advisors cannot access accounts.
The new Teams experience in the Taskbar is different from the classic Teams experience. Instead of showing a checkmark or away status, the Taskbar Teams icon will display the "New" label when you are in a new Teams chat. This change allows you to quickly identify new chats and respond to them without having to open the full Teams app.
You can provide Microsoft with your feedback --- https://support.microsoft.com/office/c0fb6297-22af-4db5-b19b-69e0a6720927
Best regards, Garcia
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