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Integrate with MacOS notifications

Notifications built into the OS (which all apps I've seen use other than Outlook and now Teams) are more functional and allow for more user control. Most importantly, they honor Do Not Disturb settings, which is critical.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I am really looking forward to the day this feature request is implemented. Teams notifications (big, purple rectangle that blocks or hides behind macOS native notifications is a real hassle.

  • James Sweeney commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Thanks for the post @GastonM and glad to see this worked for some folks.

    I have enabled the Developer menu by clicking seven times on the Teams dock icon but I don't have the Hooks menu? I am on 1.3.00.28778.
    I also don't see a switch to Developer preview option under Profile picture => About => Developer preview.

    Thanks.

  • Joel commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    How long could it possibly take to integrate with Mac OS Notifications??? I do not believe this is a priority at all for the Teams development team.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The do not disturb (DND) feature in Teams gets a very negative tag in our organisation. We have examples of calls coming trough to colleagues when they on Teams DND and they caller has not been added to the list to override the DND.

    One of the other big gripes from users is that chat messages come through when you're on DND. The main ask we get is can it be configured to be like Skype that a presence of DND means no one can send you a chat message until you're off DND.

  • Caleb commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    @GastonM Thanks for explaining it in a very helpful step by step. I have been needing this for awhile. You are invaluable for that increased productivity.

  • Ryan Lutgen commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    @GastonM - I am not seeing the option for a developer preview under Profile Pic > About... sad day.

  • Jason Tenpenny commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    @GastonM OMG you're a genius! I was using the workaround of having Teams open in a minimized browser window and letting notifications come through that way. But this is sooooo much nicer. It still uses the Teams notification for phone calls, but I can live with that for now.

    As a side note, I had to restart Teams after switching notification styles before it asked me to allow notifications from Teams. So if anyone else doesn't get prompted to enable notifications immediately, just restart the app.

  • Andreas Olsson commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    @GastonM thanks! Didn't see that one... I've activated it now and will try it. Actually, we are trying out Slack instead of Teams, but maybe this will make Teams more usefull.

  • GastonM commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Great news! After years of waiting and searching for workarounds, I finally managed to get native notifications on Microsoft Teams!

    Follow the following steps:
    - Switch to Developer preview: Profile picture => About => Developer preview (if not disabled by your company admin).
    - Wait for Teams to restart.
    - Install the latest version: Profile picture => Check for updates => Refresh.
    - Wait for Teams to restart, and verify it is running version 1.3.00.28778 (or higher).
    - Click seven times on the Teams icon in the Dock until a Development menu appears in the menu bar on the top left.
    - In the Development menu, set the following values to true within the Hooks menu: enableMacNativeNotification, enableNativeNotification.
    - Switch back to the normal version of Teams: Profile picture => About => uncheck Developer preview.
    - Wait for Teams to restart.
    - Quit (CMD + Q) and restart Microsoft Teams again manually
    - Go to Profile picture => Settings => Notifications and choose Mac under Notification style.
    - A prompt should appear to allow notifications for Microsoft Teams, click Allow.

    Enjoy!

  • Ingomar Otter commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The Teams client is pretty terrible technically heres your chance to make it a bit less terrible.

    But what do we get? Together mode. You can|t make this **** up. :-(

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