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Teams status ignores duration and resets status
I set myself to "Appear offline" with duration through "This week". But every time I step away from my computer and come back, my status resets to Available. Scheduled meetings on my calendar also reset my status (from 'Offline' to 'Busy'.) I deleted the Team app entirely and only use it on web now: That's slightly better, but I still show as "Available" first thing every morning. Is there a workaround for this? Is Microsoft aware of bug? I've seen this behavior reported before (last year) but it's only started happening for me as of the most recent update. I didn't see anything about it in the release notes and the documentation doesn't account for this behavior, so I have to assume it's not an intentional change.
The webinar description has disappeared from the registration page.
Today I discovered that the seminar description has disappeared from the registration page for our seminar. The description itself is in the original form in Teams desktop, but it is missing from the registration page. The same thing happens on registration pages for events from other organizations. I'm attaching screenshots. For example https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/001cac17-2954-48d0-9857-b3b1bc52a970@d52e4e8e-7dc3-45d9-a6c2-d0bc694268be. Please help us with a solution, we need to have a description of the event on the registration website.Teams Suppresses Sentiments in Meeting Chats
In December 2024, Microsoft introduced a control to block responses to sentiment-related prompts in Teams meeting chat. Now that block extends to every Teams user following a consolidation of the Teams meeting implementation of chat with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Basically, the block stops Copilot responding to prompts that look for opinions about emotions, judgement, or evaluations of other meeting participants. It’s a good thing. https://office365itpros.com/2026/03/13/sentiment-related-prompts/
Teams availability status - admin way to manage this?
We have some staff here who seem to be abusing the Teams status feature: they indicate they are "available" when they are away from their desk/computer. Management here as inquired if there is a way to enforce the Teams feature where it normally shows inactive after a few minutes. Is this possible?Upcoming change: disabling Teams meeting recording expiration notification emails
Hello, We wanted to share an important update regarding email notifications for expired Microsoft Teams meeting recordings. Based on valuable feedback from our community, we’ve decided to make a change to how notifications are handled. What’s changing: Starting June 1st, we will stop sending email notifications for expired Microsoft Teams meeting recordings. We are making this change due to complaints we received from many customers about the high volume of notifications which they deemed low value. This change allows us to respect your preferences while ensuring critical communications remain accessible. Recording expiration and deletion policies remain unchanged and items that expire will be deleted even when notifications are not being sent. How to keep receiving notifications: For those customers that would like to continue receiving email notifications, we will create a new setting and make it available before June 1st. This will be a per-tenant setting. We will send another message center post once this setting is available and update our documentation in this discussion and on our support page. After June 1st: If you didn’t change notification settings before the deadline, you can still re-enable them at any time by running the PowerShell command. Note: Our original message center post incorrectly asked recipients to fill out a survey and failed to include a link to the survey. We are committed to providing options that work for your organization, and we would like to hear from you. If you have questions or additional feedback about this change, please complete this survey and join the discussion: Teams Meeting Recording Notification Changes – Fill out form Thank you for being part of our community.
Customize the Basic Approval Request
Is there any way that I can customize the Basic Approval Request in Teams? For example, at the top, it states Approvals. Can this be changed to state Acknowledgement instead? Is there anything else that can be customized just by using the MS Teams Basic Approval template?Delayed emails when registering for a Webinar
We are seeing delays with receiving the emails with the meeting link after registering for a Webinar. It is taking around 7 minutes for the email to appear. This is the case with various email domains. Also, Gmail users are consistently receiving the email in their spam folder.
Teams Voice Migration Checklist for IT Leaders
✅ Microsoft Teams Voice Migration Requires the Right Strategy Moving from a traditional PBX or legacy VoIP system to Microsoft Teams Phone offers flexibility, cost savings, and better integration with Microsoft 365. But successful migrations require careful planning across infrastructure, licensing, and user readiness. 🔑 Key Steps in a Teams Voice Migration • Assess Your Current Telephony Environment – Review your PBX, phone numbers, call flows, and existing voice infrastructure before migrating. • Choose the Right Calling Option – Decide between Microsoft Calling Plans, Direct Routing, or Operator Connect based on your organization’s needs. • Prepare Your Network – Ensure bandwidth, QoS, and connectivity are optimized for high-quality voice and video communication. • Plan User and Device Readiness – Confirm compatible devices, configure policies, and train users to ensure a smooth transition. 🚀 Why This Matters • Reliability – Proper planning ensures stable voice performance • User Adoption – Clear preparation improves the transition experience • Operational Efficiency – Consolidate communication tools into Microsoft 365 • Scalability – Modern cloud telephony supports hybrid and global teams 🔒 Plan the Migration Before You Move A structured migration checklist helps IT teams avoid disruptions, reduce risk, and ensure a successful transition to Microsoft Teams Phone.
Would Microsoft Teams SDK for Python (Preview) affect marketplace submission
Hi, I need to know if it's possible to publish a custom teams app and get validated to have the app in marketplace for public if it's developed using Teams SDK with python which is mentioned as still in preview. Teams SDK is now generally available for JavaScript and C#, supports Python in developer preview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/resources/dev-preview/developer-preview-intro?tabs=new-teams-client https://github.com/microsoft/teams.py Thank you!Teams auto selecting "Missed Calls"
I have the calls tab selected. On that tab I have "All" selected. I then click the Activity tab. Teams is selecting "Missed" on that tab. Why is it selecting "Missed"? The issue is when I click back to the calls tab Teams then selects the "Missed" on the calls area. Now if I click on "All" on the Activity tab and then click back to the Calls tab everything is fine. Seems like it is auto selecting stuff for me I didn't ask it to do.
Teams duplicates contacts until it maxed out at 15000
Hi, I have a weird issue with some users, Teams seems to be duplicating old Skype for Business contacts until it maxes out at 15000 contacts. I have been digging into it a bit and found out the location of the folder through Exchange powershell but I can't clear or delete it. Skype for Business is phased out and disabled in my tenant for a long time now so I couldn't do much there, I can't login to it through powershell. We've had Teams since like 2017 so I suspect this is a niche legacy issue popping up recently somehow. Manual deleting is possible through the browser environment but that is such a hassle because it keeps glitching if you delete per 100 and skipping pages and stuff, need to refresh constantly. Just a pain, it would take days. And no guarentee its not coming back either. See screenshots. Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix this? Thanks for reading, cheers!Best External Access configuration
I’m looking for guidance on the best Microsoft Teams configuration for the following goal: Objective Prevent random external domains from: Looking up users in Teams Sending 1:1 chats Making direct audio/video calls At the same time: External users invited to Teams meetings should not appear as Anonymous
How Do I Run Workflows in New Workflows App V2 in Teams?
Hello All! I want to give feedback about issues workflow V2 experience in Teams. In the old version of Teams Workflows we could run workflows via this: But now in the New Version I have No Way to Run Workflows Am I Missing something Here? this has been a step back in functionality and ive trained users to use this as a way to run workflows and ive also used this at large in teams.External Accessbto “Allow only specific domains” How does this affect meeting participant identity?
Hi everyone, We have recently changed our Microsoft Teams External Access setting from: “Block only specific external domains” to “Allow only specific external domains.” This means only explicitly approved domains are allowed for 1:1 chat, calling, and federation. I would like clarification regarding how this impacts Teams meetings. Scenario: If a user from a domain that is not on the allowed list is invited to a Teams meeting: If they join the meeting while signed into their work/school Teams account, will they still appear with their authenticated name (e.g., Name (External))? Or will they appear as Anonymous because their domain is not permitted under External Access? My understanding is that External Access (federation) controls chat and calling, but meeting identity is governed separately by meeting policies and authentication status. Can someone confirm if this is correct? Thank you in advance for your guidance.Allow only specific external domains
When External Access is set to “Allow only specific external domains” Scenario 1 If Microsoft Teams External Access is set to “Allow only specific external domains”, and a user from a domain not on the allowed list joins a meeting while signed into their work Teams account, Will they still appear with their actual name and organization, rather than as Anonymous? Is this correct? Scenario 2 If a user from a non-allowed domain joins the meeting link through a browser and selects “Join as guest”, Will they appear under the name they manually enter, instead of showing as Anonymous? Is this correct? Scenario 3 If a user joins without authenticating and meeting policy allows anonymous access, Will they appear as Anonymous only in that situation, and not because of the External Access restriction? Is this correct?Multi-Language Closed Captions in Webinars?
Hi community! Here is an interesting one. We are planning to use Microsoft Teams' webinar functionality for our upcoming events. Are translated captions a thing? Can we hold a webinar in English and have Teams generate closed captions in Spanish, for example? The latest interpreter features really have my hopes up for this one
Teams Hotline (PLAR) Phones and Kari’s Law Compliance – Is Direct 911 Dialing Guaranteed?
We are reviewing Microsoft Teams hotline (PLAR) phones that automatically dial a non‑emergency number (for example, a security desk). It is unclear whether all Teams hotline configurations allow a user to manually dial 911 from the phone. Since Kari’s Law requires direct 911 dialing on MLTS endpoints, we’re looking for clarification on the following: Are Teams hotline/PLAR phones guaranteed to allow manual dialing of 911? Does this behavior vary by Teams certified device model? Thanks in advance for any help.
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