Questions tagged [microsoft-teams]
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How to put Microsoft Teams call on hold?
I'm using Microsoft Teams on a Windows machine.
Sometimes I find myself needing to step away from my computer for a moment, but I don't want people in the call to think I am still there.
There doesn't appear to be a way to manually put the call on…
TeamDman
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How do I stop Microsoft Teams from converting smileys to emojis?
Whenever I try to type a smiley face in Microsoft Teams, it gets automatically converted into an emoji. This means :) -> , <3 -> ❤ , etc. Other chat applications like Discord have options to disable auto-emoji, but Teams seems to be missing…
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How do I stop Microsoft Teams from auto-changing my status?
Throughout the day I will happen to notice that my status has somehow flipped from available to busy/in meeting. I have no idea how/when it's happening, but I definitely do not want it to do this. I imagine Teams is trying to figure out from my…
Brian Knoblauch
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Teams turns on my camera for every meeting
Every time I join a meeting, my camera turns on. I can't find out how to fix this. Video Settings doesn't seem to have anything for that.
JoelFan
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How to Jump to Beginning of Chat in Teams
Is there a way to quickly jump to the beginning of a chat in Microsoft Teams? I have a conversation history that goes back months and is easily hundreds of pages long. Scrolling would take a long time.
PProteus
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How to login to multiple work accounts to Microsoft Teams?
I am using mac and windows both operating systems. I installed Microsoft Teams for Work and wanted to log in with multiple accounts into the same desktop app.
I wanted to log in to multiple organizations having different credentials.
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Is there any way to stop Teams blinking it’s taskbar icon?
I've tried the solution here
but it still doesn't work. I've turned off all the notifications I can in Teams. Every time something happens in Teams - it could be something I have zero interest in, or something I can perfectly well attend to when I…
SebTHU
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How to use Azure Repos app on MS teams?
I have a repository on Azure DevOps and I would like to monitor its commits with MS Teams.
There seem to be a specific MS Teams extension for that.
I cannot get it to work by any means, after the app is installed through the "Application" menu,…
Arthur Attout
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How to export chat text in Microsoft Teams?
Is there any way to automatically (either with Teams or with third party tools) log a user's Microsoft Teams chats to files on his local system? Much like how it was possible with Sametime, Skype, AOLIM etc.?
Rich
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How to stop MS Teams chat from altering messages? It adds non-breaking space chr(160) where none existed
Regardless of my line endings setting (CRLF or LF), when I copy/paste code into MS Teams chat, then the recipient (or myself for that matter) copy it from the chat conversation back into a text editor, the process introduces ascii character 160…
spioter
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Mark all chats as read on Microsoft Teams
Is there a way to "Mark All as Read" for chats on Microsoft Teams? Right now I have to go and find each conversation and click on it which can be tedious if there are many of them.
I found this thread -…
sashoalm
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Is there an "Edit Message" keyboard shortcut in MS Teams?
I often discover immediately after I send a chat message in MS Teams that I've typed something wrong. It takes ages to go to the "..." menu, select Edit, edit the message and resubmit, and often by the time I've done that the recipient has already…
kad81
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Automatically set Teams status
I'd like my Microsoft Teams status to automatically be set to Be Right Back when I lock my PC and to Available when I unlock my PC. Is this possible?
I have:
Looked into whether there are any relevant CLI switches / options that I can plug in to by…
mythofechelon
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Can you tell who has joined a Microsoft Teams call before you join it?
Is it possible to find out who is in a meeting before you join it? If for example I don't want to be on the meeting with only one other person? It would be nice to know if they are using video or not so you know whether to join with video.
Andy Robertson
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Is it possible to save a custom audio device setup in MS Teams?
In Microsoft Teams (primarily used on Windows but Mac as well), I often switch between 2 audio setups: my Jabra headset, and my desktop speakers + webcam mic. In Teams, I can easily select the headset, in the Audio Devices dropdown menu (Device…
Conrad
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