Questions tagged [microsoft-teams]
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Download video from Microsoft Stream
I'd like to download video from Microsoft Teams, or better yet, from Microsoft Stream. I read that this function is available only for the owner.
The problem is the following: from tomorrow my university is starting streaming lectures because in…
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How to avoid Microsoft Teams to act as a multimedia application?
I use Microsoft Teams in my corporate environement.
I have a multimedia keyboard (Logitech MX keys if it matters) that have a play/pause button.
When I press the button, it triggers the Microsoft Teams ring tone (even if no communication is active).…
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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…
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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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Force Microsoft Teams to use default audio devices set in Windows
Teams doesn't have a setting to use the default audio devices set in Windows. It just remembers its own (rather buried) device settings, and if those devices aren't present, decides on its own what devices you'll use. (And you'll like it, mister.)
I…
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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…
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Microsoft Teams – Notification when someone becomes available
In Microsoft Teams, is it possible to get a notification when another user change status from busy to available?
Let’s say I want to send a non-urgent message to my coworker Jane. I see that her status is set to busy and therefore I don’t want to…
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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.
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How to change the image of a group chat in microsoft teams
I did not find a way to change the image of a group chat (NOT a team) in microsoft teams under Chat. If I click on the edit pencil, I can only change the name of the group.
MacOS: 12.0.1
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Force Microsoft Teams to use OS-native Notifications
Using Microsoft Teams, I get ugly purple no-padding notifications on my Desktop:
In addition to being non-standard, these alerts do not respect my system's Do Not Disturb settings.
How can I force Microsoft Teams to use the operating system's…
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Clear cache of Microsoft Teams / Login with a different domain
I have Microsoft Teams installed on my laptop (Kubuntu 20.04)
I used to use teams via my work account (while interning). (To log-in, enter work email on teams sign in page, redirects to company SSO, enter credentials, and I am inside teams)
Now that…
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How do I disable the "Start audio call" shortcut in Teams?
Sometimes when copying text from Microsoft Teams, I'll accidentally start an audio call with a coworker, as the keyboard shortcut for copying text (Ctrl+C) is similar to the shortcut for starting a call (Ctrl+Shift+C).
Seeing as my coworkers don't…
Stevoisiak
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How to disable autoformatting in microsoft chat on sender's side? I type an underscore, teams turns it to italic
In Microsoft Teams chat, if I type a second underscore character in a chat line, Teams tries to turn the part of the line between the two underscore characters to italic and removes the underscores. I find this very annoying, because I do often…
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Disable or prevent Teams global keyboard shortcusts
I use Ctrl+Alt+M to add Comments in a Word document. However, with Microsoft Teams installed it captures that shortcut for Microphone Mute/Unmute, no matter if the application is running or a call is active.
Can I somehow disable that particular…
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Meeting invitation email from Microsoft teams on Thunderbird / Ubuntu without date / time info
When I receive an email from a team which is using MS Teams for collaboration, in my Ubuntu / Thunderbird, I can see the meeting link, phone number, conference ID etc.
But I cannot find the date and time of the meeting.
I'm an external, so I cannot…
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