How Do I Stop Microsoft Teams From Showing Away

This status can serve as an indicator to your employee or your team about your availability. So, it makes sense if you wouldn’t want your status to be away. This article will teach you how you can set your status as Available at all times, so keep reading!

How Do I Stop Microsoft Teams From Showing Away?

If you’re away from your keyboard for more than 5 minutes, your status changes to Away on Microsoft Teams. Furthermore, if you minimize the application or your system sleeps, your activity is set to Away. However, there are ways around the problem. You can set your activity to Available even when you are away. From using the multitasking feature to setting a custom status, here is how you can stop Microsoft Teams from Showing Away.

Manually Change Your Status

When you change your activity status on Microsoft Teams, the automatic feature of changing status is overridden. To manually change your status, follow these steps:

Split-screen

As mentioned, minimizing Microsoft Teams sets your availability status to Away. You can mitigate this problem by enabling split-screen to multitask without having to minimize the application. To split your screen, drag the title bar of Microsoft Teams either to the left or right corner of your screen. When you see a translucent rectangle, let it go. Select the other application you want to open. Enjoy multitasking without changing your activity status.

Set Custom Status Message

You can also set a status message to notify your teammates that you are still available. This simple gesture can help your colleagues a lot in acknowledging your availability. To set a status message on Microsoft Teams, follow these instructions:

Increase Time for Screen Sleep

When your screen goes to sleep, your status on Microsoft Teams automatically sets to Away. You can increase the time for your screen to sleep on the Settings application. Follow these instructions to increase time for screen sleep:

Keep Your System Active

If you’re away from your keyboard for a long time of not using your mouse, your status might be displayed as Away. You can keep your system active using third-party applications like Jiggler or Caffeine. If your group policy restricts you from using third-party applications, you can play a video in the background or put a light-weight on the shift key on your keyboard. This tricks your system into believing you’re still using the device.

Host a Private Meeting

You can start a meeting on Microsoft Teams to maintain your activity status as Available on Microsoft Teams. However, after starting a private meeting, set your status to Available so your status isn’t displayed as In a conference. Follow these instructions to host a private meeting on Microsoft Teams: