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johnnr892
Copper Contributor
Dec 07, 2019
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Meetings - participants that declined are still being notified of meeting chat messages

We're facing a quite annoying problem with Teams meetings that causes all participants that were invited - irrespective of their response (unknown, decline, tentative) - to be brought into the meetin...
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ChrisWebbTech
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Dec 08, 2019
They are releasing an update soon that will mute meeting chats unless you join the meeting. This will help alleviate this, but longer term they will hopefully work with the Outlook Team to fire off an update to the meeting when a decline happens as it doesn't now.

But as of today there is nothing you can do.
  • Ben_Cundy's avatar
    Ben_Cundy
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 15, 2022

    POV: Nearly 3 years later and it's still happening....did I miss an update to stop this? ChrisWebbTech 

    • Ray_Watters's avatar
      Ray_Watters
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 15, 2022

      No.  It is still a problem; only MS pulled an IBM.  It was declared a feature.

       

      The problem is a Teams Channel was named as a participant so anyone that is a member of the Channel continues to get the chat / notices.  Technically, it is considered User Error.  The Channel should not be a participant of the meeting.  And the only one that can remove the Channel is the organizer of the meeting, who wanted the channel to participate. 

       

       

      Q: How many IBM engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

      A: None.  They change the definition of darkness and issue it as an upgrade.

      • goldym's avatar
        goldym
        Copper Contributor
        Dec 01, 2022

        What a joke.... it is so frustrating to hear this continues.  Thank you for the update Ray_Watters 

  • dasjestyr's avatar
    dasjestyr
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 09, 2021

    It's 2021 and I'm still having this issue. And I don't want to mute it, if I decline, I don't want anything to do with it. Is that an option?

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      dannygm
      Brass Contributor
      Dec 09, 2021
      And I think we will jump into 2022 with the same issue, Microsoft doesn't seem to listen to people to gather feedback.
      It's just complete nonsense, I gave up.
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    Steph523
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 18, 2020

    Hi ChrisWebbTech ! We have this turned on but are still getting chat notifications in our Chat section of Teams. It no longer shows in the "Activity" area but does show in Chat. This will then muddy up the Chats area with meeting chats you declined. Any other way to stop all chat for meetings that are declined?

  • johnnr892's avatar
    johnnr892
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 08, 2019
    Thanks, Chris. Is there somewhere I can track the bug / roadmap item? Would be good to know if the initial fix was to client or not etc...
      • Ray_Watters's avatar
        Ray_Watters
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 15, 2020

        ChrisWebbTech--  Thank you for this information.  It is very useful.  Unfortunately I don't see the issue in the backlog.

         

        Problem:

        Users that declined a Teams meeting, still are asked to Join and still receive notices from the chat.

         

        Why is this a problem?

        I work with a number of group worldwide, many 6-12 hours separate from me.  I decline many of the meetings because they occur at 2 or 3am in my local time zone.  Unfortunately, we also use Teams for our on-call operational support.  I cannot turn off Teams Notifications.  😞

         

        SOoo…  Where can I find the address to send suggestions for the backlog?  🙂

         

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