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Jon-Loane
Brass Contributor
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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LWitherspoon
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Oct 26, 2022

LinusCansby the link content unfortunately seems to be archived. If you remember or have any of the content saved could you please add it to this string?

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