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Jon-Loane
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Feb 12, 2020
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Teams Join Online button opens browser in stead of desktop application

Whenever a user clicks a "Join Online" button in their Outlook reminder or when a link to a teams channel is clicked in SharePoint, it opens the browser first and not the user's already running insta...
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LinusCansby
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Feb 12, 2020

Hi,

 

There is a uservoice about this:

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/39089752-join-a-meeting-without-going-through-the-browser 

 

I have two computers here now and one of them it opens directly in Teams desktop app, but on the other one it opens the browser first. Both computers are running the same version of Windows, Teams and Edge Chronium browser. Strange.

 

This topic is already been discussed in this thread with some suggestions:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams/is-there-a-way-to-launch-ms-teams-meeting-always-in-desktop-app/m-p/660873#M32439

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Jon-Loane
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Feb 12, 2020

LinusCansby 

Hello Linus,

 

Thanks for the response and assistance here. Are your two computers logged in with the same user account? If not, are both users in "Teams Only" mode policy? 

 

Thanks,

 

Jon

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    LinusCansby
    MVP
    Feb 13, 2020

    Jon-Loane Yes, same account and it is TeamsOnly. I will check some more on this later to see if I can find any difference. 

    • ChrisWebbTech's avatar
      ChrisWebbTech
      MVP
      Feb 13, 2020
      Check your outlook version numbers. I would think the difference would be there.
      • LinusCansby's avatar
        LinusCansby
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        Feb 13, 2020

        Actually the computer that opened the Web browser first hadn't been restarted for a long time, I rebooted it and now it works. When i click the link "Join Microsoft Teams meeting" or "Join Teams Meeting" it open Teams directly.

         

        The only time the browser is opened first is when I click "Join Online" on the Outlook meeting reminder that pops up.

         

        Jon-Loane I'm running Windows 10 with Edge Chronium browser. Latest Outlook and Teams client. Can you test that?

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