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Why does Microsoft Teams not allow you to keep a certain status?
Why does Teams go to Away after a paltry 5 minutes, and why can't I override that status? There are times I need to remain Active yet we can't change that like we could in Skype. Seems like a basic ...
Hi Heidi_Jones This is an ongoing discussion in this forum - Microsoft believes the status should reflect the activity of the user, but the best response in this past post may give you a work-around that will help: How do I stop MS Teams availability icon changing automatically on my profile photo? - Page 3 - Microsoft Tech Community
Unfortunately that supposed "work around" doesn't work. Setting a dot in your status and changing that status to Never change does nothing. That just literally affects your status message and you still show Away.