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Newtron
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Aug 29, 2022

Teams Status Changes During Meetings

While in an active meeting that I'm participating in, if I don't touch Teams for a period of time, my status changes to 'Away' (which is not the case), then switches back to 'In Meeting' when I perform any type of navigation inside of Teams.

 

I confirmed with our company support team that this is expected behavior, but Microsoft hasn't offered any clarification on their reasoning for this behavior.  It should at least be configurable. 

 

The way it functions now seems to be an odd user experience and misleading to others when attempting to contact you via Teams.

  • Hi Newtron,

    thanks for coming back with your results.
    I have done some testing myself and this is my experience: when I don't work on Teams although Teams is running in the background and I work on my computer, the status will be changed to Away after 5/10 minutes automatically.

    A workaround that I've found, when in a call, is to minimize Teams (it gets displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen).

    Alternatively, you can try and set a "duration" for a specific status (see attachment).

    I hope this works for you.

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      Newtron
      Brass Contributor
      Hi DimitriR, The computer going into idle 'might' be the issue. I'll look at Windows Power Settings to see if increasing the settings makes a difference. Thanks!
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        DimitriR
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        Perfect, might be a good place to start. Let us know if you resolve 😉
  • I have the exact same experience. I think it is expected behavior, but the logic around that feature is seriously diluted. Newtron 

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