Allow users to disable webcam by default
Every meeting I join, Teams turns on my webcam and suggests I join with it enabled. This is not the way that anyone I work with wants it to work, and a departure from Skype behaviour as well. Making the setting sticky would be great.
Nick R.
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Jeff
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With the camera and the mute buttons right next to each other, it's too easy to accidentally trigger the camera when trying to unmute. Please move the buttons farther apart, and consider a confirmation prompt before starting the camera.
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Anonymous
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Also my voice - please disable camera and microphone by default AND make this a configurable preference!
It is unbelievable that such an obvious requirement, asked by any sane user is ignored! -
Steve
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The default setting for the camera (on/off) and the microphone (on/muted) should be a user preference. Please adopt this change...
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Anonymous
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Microsoft, I'm sure you have the metrics that 99% of all meeting participants have their camera off. Every single one of those people had to wait for the tool to initialize and start showing the camera feed, toggle the camera off, and only then join the meeting. This is clearly not the way people want to use this product. Allow us to set it so that the camera defaults to off. Please.
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fabrizio
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The camera has to be disabled by default as well as the mic.
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Anonymous
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This seems like a basic feature that should be included. Please add it.
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Matteo
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Please Microsoft do this
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Alan Jackson
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There should be a setting to default to off.
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Rob
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Go to you Device Manager. Locate your camera device (onboard or otherwise). Right-Click and choose disable device. Teams will not start it because it doesn't have a valid camera. Microsoft doesn't find privacy a priority and it's irritating but this is a workaround.
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Anonymous
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I need to be able to set a default to off always. It is only standard normal behavior for meeting software. Please fix this.
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Anonymous
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Better than making it sticky, simply add a check box to the Teams Settings, Devices page.
"Start video camera with call?" Yes or No. This should apply to EVERY call, scheduled or not.
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David
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The camera haves to be disabled by default as well as the mic.
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Anonymous
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Let user enable manually without prompting if desired, and don't pester to enable it either.
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Tony Ladron de Guevara
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Our company is looking at Zoom for this very reason. Disable auto on or lose potential customers, especially in light of WFH is the norm.
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Sue W
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Like all other meeting applications, we should be able to set our own default settings.
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Deran Hood
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Absolutely want to be able to select the default settings - mine will be camera off
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Slick Moss
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Please turn default to off. This is a total privacy and security issue. I pray to God that y'all are hit with a lawsuit if this doesn't get fixed.
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Anonymous
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I should be able to set the default video startup mode - on or off - as I please, and not need to make a setting for each call. Anything else is poor UI design. Many people at our company are irritated by the current functionality.
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Cara Nolan
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Not sure what happened, but my camera used to default to Off. As of last week it now defaults to On. Please allow users to choose!
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Ian Hodgetts
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I'd also add that the audio settings don't appear to save consistently either. I'm constantly having to change it back to put sound through my HDMI monitor rather than my laptop speakers. Sometimes the changes persist across re-boots, but at least once per week, I have to change the audio settings.