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Copper Contributor

Oct 06, 2019

Teams app draining laptop battery in the background

New laptops, fresh Windows 10 Pro and Office apps install. I noticed Teams app was at the top of the list of apps "affecting laptop's battery life" - with contribution as high as 40% when the app...

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Piotr_JJ

Copper Contributor

Nov 04, 2019

avi301983 Since my original post, I have made one change to Teams App settings, allowing the app to work in the background. However, in Windows 10 settings, I still block Windows from deciding what Teams App can do when working in background. App notifications arrive as they should.

avi301983

Copper Contributor

Nov 06, 2019

Piotr_JJ OK, i am going to try this out on one of the PCs and let you know if i see any improvement. One of my users reported a usage of 80% battery by Teams.