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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 perfo...
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.
DimitriR
Microsoft
MicrosoftHi Newtron,
you can find more information here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/presence-admins
"Your current presence state changes to Away when you lock your computer or when your computer enters idle or sleep mode."
I think that the "Away" status simply overrides the "In a meeting state".
- 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!
