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Steven_613
Copper Contributor
Dec 31, 2021

Making Teams start on Secondary Monitor

Is there a way to force Teams to start on my secondary monitor (Screen 2)? Every morning I start Teams, it comes up on Screen 1 and I have to move it over to Screen 2 so I can do my work while still seeing the chat/calls windows. I checked settings in Teams as well as looking in Windows (Apps & Features, and Properties) but can't find anything that can set it to start on the secondary monitor instead of primary. It does not appear to retain the last screen position on exit.

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    • David620's avatar
      David620
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 13, 2022

      Therese_Solimeno This procedure only works when the computer is booted up and the program has been started. Whenever I start my computer for the day, Teams opens on the main monitor every time. I have to move it every morning. This procedure does nothing but set the program to open on that screen for that power cycle.

      • gruop's avatar
        gruop
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 05, 2022
        I confirm this.
        At each startup and (more annoyingly) each time I unlock screen, Teams appears on primary monitor.
        Therese_Solimeno This problem is indeed specific to Teams, it's the only app that behaves this way.
    • Steven_613's avatar
      Steven_613
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 31, 2021

      Therese_Solimeno Thanks so much for this. I've been using Windows apps for 10+ years on dual screens and never realized that's what you do to have it show up on the right screen. Appreciate the help.

  • biggee's avatar
    biggee
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 12, 2023
    I noticed this behavior when Teams is maximized on the secondary monitor and when it restarts, it launches on the primary monitor.
    The workaround is to split Teams to one side of the secondary monitor "drag it left or right" then expand it to fill the monitor. The Teams window will display in restore mode not maximized and it will launch on the secondary monitor when it starts.
    It seems Teams doesn't support the split functionality "when you hover over the maximize/restore and it displays different split patterns" and it should be implemented and that should fix the issue starting maximized on a secondary monitor.
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    Dina_Dembicki
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 06, 2024

    Any idea how to do this on a Mac? Every meeting I have to drag the Teams meeting window back to my MacBook Pro window, where there is a camera. Teams window is on the MBP monitor. FYI, it's New Teams, and the OS is 14.4.1, Teams is Version 24060.2809.2788.1256. (wow, that's a mouthful.)