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Red dot for teams online showing unread messages (on browser tab) same as unread emails in outlook
Is there a way to have a red dot on the Teams tab similar to how unread emails are on the Outlook tab. see below. We have recently migrated from a Google environment and have been instru...
I don't use Chrome but Edge Chromium, have a look at this thread where it is explained how to allow Teams notifications in Chrome https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/notifications/f7df9d4c-7728-4d4c-b200-699e805fe4ed
AndresGorzelany thanks for that website, it was helpful finding the deep layering of notifications. however it looks like Teams is already allowed. So I'm still not sure what is going wrong.
mikederaco It's the pinned tabs that don't display information about unread messages.
Outlook does indeed change its favicon to show a red dot when having unread mail, Teams on the other hand even though there are dozen requests for this and we're headed to 2025 soon this feature is not implemented.
Until this is resolved the only workaround I found all these years is to use the client which is the same thing but fills up your hard drive.- cprior This is a great question because I literally have the exact same scenario. I started a new job a few months back that uses the full Microsoft suite and my last job used Google so I am used to all communication tools being tabs in Chrome. I have gotten used to the Microsoft suite but the one thing that is missing is a visual notification in the chrome browser tab when their is an unread Teams chat because I miss them all the time.
