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Any way to stop Teams muting me when I join calls?
When I join meetings, I make sure that Mute is set to "Off" - yet I am still muted when I join a call. This is infuriating as it means I inevitably start speaking and no one can hear me. Seems to be...
- After so many people join (6 i think) Teams auto mutes people when joining since more often than not people join with tons of background noise. I prefer it this way tbh. It shouldn't be happening on smaller calls/meeting thou.
After so many people join (6 i think) Teams auto mutes people when joining since more often than not people join with tons of background noise. I prefer it this way tbh. It shouldn't be happening on smaller calls/meeting thou.
"more often than not people join with tons of background noise"
That is a ridiculous generalization. And if it was true, then the amount of noise should be used to drive the decision to mute the mic - not the number of people in the meeting. People with noisy backgrounds may join meetings of all sizes. People with quiet backgrounds may join meetings of all sizes. There is no correlation. This option should be up to the meeting organizer as well as each participant.
As an example, I work every day in a quiet office plus my mic has excellent noise cancellation. So this brainless automatic action is ALWAYS wrong in my case. ALWAYS. I have to revert this action at least 5 times per day. Which means I'm cursing Teams at least 5 times per day.
I fully understand how this makes sense as a default behavior. But ONLY when combined with the ability for users to override the default.
That is a ridiculous generalization. And if it was true, then the amount of noise should be used to drive the decision to mute the mic - not the number of people in the meeting. People with noisy backgrounds may join meetings of all sizes. People with quiet backgrounds may join meetings of all sizes. There is no correlation. This option should be up to the meeting organizer as well as each participant.
As an example, I work every day in a quiet office plus my mic has excellent noise cancellation. So this brainless automatic action is ALWAYS wrong in my case. ALWAYS. I have to revert this action at least 5 times per day. Which means I'm cursing Teams at least 5 times per day.
I fully understand how this makes sense as a default behavior. But ONLY when combined with the ability for users to override the default.