Global Setting for Enable "Teams" to Start Minimized
Provide the ability to start the Teams application in the background and minimized on a global scale, not only per each user's setting.
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Anonymous
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+1 on this. Very annoying that this isn't a global option...or at least isn't even easily scriptable. Trying to modify a .json file on a per user basis via intune management sucks. :)
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Anonymous
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Please implement a possibility to change the startup type (full, minimized)
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Anonymous
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Oh YES PLEASE. How annoying is the full screen that can reveal sensitive information.
Please provide solution (Office365 setting, GPO, whatever) to let it start minimized. -
Anonymous
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Totally annoying to minimize the app all the time. And the loading duration is long, all that time seeing the full size window.
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Anonymous
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everyday every teams-user has to minimize this app to tray, totally annoying. Ask the dropbox-guys how to start silently into background-mode, they understood how to write an user-friendly app.
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Anonymous
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It is hard to understand that a simple feature request like starting this application minimized is an issue that cannot get fixed immediately by a leading software company like MS. Beside security/privacy concerns raised in this thread here, it is simply annoying having the application window popping up on the desktop at every startup, hiding all important applications under it. And a few additional mouse clicks that can be avoided so easily. Go ahead and make this feature active, please!
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Henrique
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This might help you guys - "Use Group Policy to prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation"
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J.Mezera
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Is there any way to have teams only open in background? we are planning a group policy rollout to stop it from auto-starting in a window, but we still want it to open in the background.
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Dirk Watkins
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The "open application in background" setting does not load it to the system tray only. It still loads as a window. The startup script is:
C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe --processStart "Teams.exe" --process-start-args "--system-initiated"
Could it be that it starts with Update.exe? I've tried to change it to current/teams.exe and current/squirrel.exe to no effect.
Also, I noticed that the settings.json file does not allow "true" in disableBackgrounding. I changed it manually, opened teams and it changed it back to false. Event when I change the textbox.
C:\Users\*****AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\settings.jsondesktop-config.json is set to:
"appPreferenceSettings": {
"openAsHidden": true,
"openAtLogin": true,
"registerAsIMProvider": true,
"runningOnClose": true
},Otherwise, great program. This is a minor bug if you ask me. People complaining about conference room screens showing information seem to forget to boot their machines before going to a meeting.
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Raghu
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May I know, Method of confirming Microsoft teams is enabled as startup application for all the users.
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Steven Semancik
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Sloppy. This ability is critical for many reasons including security. I don't live in teams all day and I will open it to full screen when required. I do need it to run minimised so that if a colleague needs to reach me it will notify me.
Preventing this type of application from starting minimised just adds additional mouse clicks every time I log in. This is an option that has existed since the messenger days for chat applications and really isn't a new technology or idea.
I wonder what the rationale was for not including this ability? Force everyone to use Teams as their new Desktop? Give me a break.
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Ronny Matrix
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In Teams Settings there are two options:
- Auto-start application => makes it start after login
- Open application in background => didn't notice any changes
The only thing that I am missing is the second feature. It should only create the tray icon without displaying any windows when starting Teams (manually or automatic). -
Anonymous
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YES, Teams automatically reveal sensitive information - when you login on another computer - conference room - we have the same problem here! We disabled autostart for everyone - effect 80% of employees not startig this app manually - so app is useless.
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Robert Eriksson
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This is very bad, we have like 300 conference rooms and showing Teams automatically can reveal sensitive information!!! Fix this ASAP please!
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Wade
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Definitively need a way for sys admins to set this annoying in your face app to sys tray!
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Mike
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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8d618cd0-41ec-4599-8d62-ce0cf06a3c2a/minimize-teams-to-system-tray-after-installation-and-login?forum=msteams - We used a script to make Teams hide in the background to make the feeling that it's in the tray. Works pretty well actually.
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Anonymous
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We've stopped testing Teams until Microsoft provides a way to control Auto Launch, Start In Background, and Disabling Splash Screen from the registry.
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Anonymous
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This needs to be an option we can choose when mass deploying it. I have 1000+ PC's that we have to install Teams on. And I KNOW I'm going to hear for this. Please make generel options available for us when deploying Teams, Microsoft.
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Rich Mawdsley
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Seriously Microsoft?
No, no I am not deploying this to thousands of users and have it start full screen, and expect them to go disable it.
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Anonymous
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As we are rolling out 30.000 win10 pc's, Office365 and running a adoption program with emphasis on Teams, this is a big concern. We are actually thinking of not pre-installing Teams on the new pc's. This is too much in your face.