Forum Discussion
How to Prevent Teams from Auto-Launch
- Hi chenrylee
AFAIK, not currently possible. Whilst you can script it or have a user uncheck it in the settings it does not occur by default
There are multiple uservoices of disabling the start up option, such as this
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33728680-disable-startup-option
There is one here to turn off autostart for the entire tenant which may be closer to what you need.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33922291-disbale-autostart-in-teams-app-for-the-entire-tena
If these don't cover exactly what you need I would raise this as a new uservoice. To note however, it could be some time to get picked up and really, I think the general desire from organisations to use Teams is more to have autostart on by default rather than off
Hope that answers your question!
Best, Chris
AFAIK, not currently possible. Whilst you can script it or have a user uncheck it in the settings it does not occur by default
There are multiple uservoices of disabling the start up option, such as this
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33728680-disable-startup-option
There is one here to turn off autostart for the entire tenant which may be closer to what you need.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33922291-disbale-autostart-in-teams-app-for-the-entire-tena
If these don't cover exactly what you need I would raise this as a new uservoice. To note however, it could be some time to get picked up and really, I think the general desire from organisations to use Teams is more to have autostart on by default rather than off
Hope that answers your question!
Best, Chris
ChrisHoardMVP, I think you are correct that in the main, business leaders would prefer that deployed MS Team installations auto-start forcing users to interact with the application. However Microsoft is once again forgetting history and missing a trick by NOT giving MS Teams users a choice to prevent auto-start. The "illusion of choice" is better than "no choice" at all, so auto-start a stub instead of the full app with it's plugins and extensions. My main workstation is a dual boot Mac for software development and production. We use Teams for remote meetings once a week, so I don't require it auto-starting every time I swap OSes daily. MS Teams establishes the auto-start automatically and even reestablishes auto-start when previously removed, just like a virus. This is poor form on Microsoft's part.
Sorry. I am completely at sea. I now get the "Teams" pop-up everytime I start Edge. I do not need nor want "Teams." The two links you provided did not really help me. How can I stop "Teams" from appearing everytime I try to access Edge? Thanks. oilinvestor13@outlook.com
On July 9, Microsoft released new ADMX template files (4882.1000) to prevent Teams from starting automatically after installation (on every logon) until the user starts the program manually. Instructions can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/teams-install#use-group-policy-to-prevent-microsoft-teams-from-starting-automatically-after-installation
GPO name is "Prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation" under User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Teams
- Correct, I have the GPO in place but I will tell you it does not stop the install from placing a Teams icon on the users desktop. If the user clicks on this they have initiated a start regardless if they are licensed or not. That action nullifies the auto-launch and will auto-launch from that time forward unless you deal with the icon. I am working on applying a scheduled task to delete the Teams.lnk on the users desktop so they are not in this situation. There is another option listed in this thread as well that takes a more programmatic approach. Have a look at that one as well.
ChrisHoardMVPHi, this may not be the right place, but I am having issues working with team conversations. When we replay to a conversation, it gets moved down as the most recent. We need it to stay in the order which was received and not move as the most recent.... Any help? Thanks
- Yeah 🙂 a new post would be better!
Anyway, no you can’t change this I’m afraid
- Hi ChrisHoardMVP ,
Thank you very much for patient help.
I agree with you, autostart is more popular need rather than off, but in some scenarios we do need to turn off autostart. But logically, if I disable autostart when installing the app, I mean that I don't want to auto launch this app, even the user starts Teams manually, this switch should be kept "off".
So I think it's a bug for application design, because it doesn't match the logical requirement.
If you are convenient, please raise this as a new uservoice, I appreciate that very much. :)
Regards,
C. L- Hi chenrylee
See uservoice raised for you
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/38047747-ability-to-prevent-auto-start-persistantly-and-pro
Would recommend you vote to push it up the agenda!
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
