Integrate with Windows 10 notification center
Use Windows 10 notification center for notifications
Yann
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As the last status states, we have been testing for several months. Although many people have asked for this feature, we received a similar amount of feedback from other users that they prefer the Teams notifications and don’t want them changed. We are currently testing a feature for users to choose between Teams notifications & Windows notifications.
We will update you as work progresses.
103 comments
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Sara Ramos
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The Teams notifications wouldn't be so bad if they were more customizable - with Windows notifications, you can set how many seconds they hang out in the corner, but with Teams there seems to be no way to configure this, and I've timed it at 15 whole seconds for me in Windows! (I'm surprised to see it's 5 seconds for some people, I guess it's different on phones...? I wish 2 seconds were an option, though...)
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[Deleted User]
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Teams notifications are frustrating to say the least. If you are not able to integrate them in Windows notifications over 4 years, at least give us the chance to make the latest notification hide the previous ones in such a way we only have one on screen at any time. I'm working with various software that, you know, need the right space of the screen, like levels in Photoshop or the inspector in Chrome. Right now I find myself slowed down in my job because constantly having to close notifications clogging up the whole right column of my screen.
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Moreno Tiozzo
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As the other app we can turn it on or off but let us the choice
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Anonymous
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In Teams, is there a way to stop the box that pops up in the bottom right corner of my computer screen everytime a new chat message is sent to a group or reply back to me? the pop up box can be very distracting when they keep popping up. In Skype, the notification I receive is an audible sound and the icon on bottom of my computer screen blinks to signal that a new message has come in. is there way to accomplish this or something similar?
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Ronny Roth
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I have an other idea which would be an update for this one: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/40706728-teams-as-news-ticker-for-it-major-incidents
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Leonard de Ruijter
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Another reason why native Windows 10 notifications would be very welcome, is accessibility for screen reader users. Currently, it is not possible to focus a notification with a global shortcut, so if you want to focus it, you'll have to use alt+tab until you reach the notification, if it's not already dismissed after the five seconds period. Windows 10 notifications can be focused with a shortcut key (Windows+shift+v). Not to mention that the reply functionality in the current notification is far from ideal when using a screen reader.
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Joao
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One big problem about notifications on Windows is that they show up at the bottom right corner, exactly over the Teams chat. It is very common that I cannot see in the screen what I am writing. One suggestion is that one could configure where info appear on the screen, or the popup appear on screen. I myself would move the chat list to the right, so that the popup does not bother me, or change the popup to the upper right corner on Windows. I frequently use the popup for a fast response while doing something else on Teams.
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Chamingoo
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Hi Alex, months testing? Any news? There should be a setting in Teams that the user can activate or not the W10 notifications
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Ivan
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So, there is 2020 and still in testing?? This is very important feature! Because Windows notification center keeps notifications until you read them and Teams notifications disappears after 5 seconds and thus you don't have history for context. There should be an option to switch between Teams and Windows notifications.
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Anonymous
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For me, the most important feature with this integration is dismissing a teams notification with middle mouse click. It really annoys me how I cannot do that with the current notification schema.
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Anonymous
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Overall, Teams generally gives far too many notifications, and I have to turn almost all of them off. No desire to see this in the Win10 notification mess either. Much better to have more granularity in configuring alerts, and have the choice as to where I want to see them.
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Aaron McElwee
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WE NEED THIS. has been a requested feature for over 3 years.
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Louis De Souza
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When this feature is updated, will you also include a way to receive discreet notifications? Only notify when a new chat message is waiting to be read. Please do not show the sender or message. This is important when the screen is being shared in a meeting. Skype for business did this before with the app flashing in the taskbar.
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فرشید صابری
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Teams notifications are missed if you are not realized while it is popped up.
What someone may lose it it is integrated with action center? If you mean beautiful ui. you can customize ui in action center notifications. -
David S
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I'm confused how this isn't already a thing.
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Justin Richards
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I welcome the change from the Teams notification and can't understand why people would 'prefer' the Teams-specific notification. It's jarring and doesn't fit what Microsoft has built as their 'standard'. You can't expect other developers to use what you provide if you can't even do it yourself.
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Şafak Gür
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I find Windows Notifications easier to manage, especially considering that Focus Assist can control them. Action Center is a core Windows feature that should be embraced by other Microsoft products and improved separately if necessary.
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GraniteStateColin
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@Alex, the current response that other users want Teams to retain its own notifications isn't really a rational response. If those users don't like the MS Windows notification system, then that's valid feedback for the MS notification system, not an excuse for Teams to break from the system and go its own way. One of the most frustrating features with MS is lack of consistency. Consistency and standardization are their own virtues in UI and UX design, being more important than a feature being great in its own right, but unique and non-standard. Further, it is purely to MS advantage to embrace this: each app that uses standard features helps users become familiar with and accustomed to that feature. Once used to it, they prefer it, helping MS across all its offerings relative to competing products or operating systems. Lack of consistency just makes it harder for MS to achieve a critical mass of users caring about a particular feature, hurting all the other MS apps and value of the OS compared with alternatives.
I don't mind as you say, that there will be an option for users to select, but PLEASE keep working for standardization and consistency with all other MS apps and OS. The other comments that Teams should be in the MS Store is another example of this. All of those are examples of Teams acting like it doesn't need to be part of the ecosystem. Very frustrating and missing the opporutinity to help the rest of the MS ecosystem.
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Peter_D.
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Make Teams an UWP app with beautiful fluent design and distribute it exclusively through Microsoft Store. All new features should be always Windows first. Have some imagination, make it happen ASAP.
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KiRaShi
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"Although many people have asked for this feature, we received a similar amount of feedback from other users that they prefer the Teams notifications and don’t want them changed." -- Alex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded · February 12, 2020
Understood, however, would it not be logical to embrace your own Operating System's built-in notification platform? Unless you're trying to create havoc and confusion by forcing users to be bombarded with notifications in a bunch of different places.
"We are currently testing a feature for users to choose between Teams notifications & Windows notifications." -- Alex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded · February 12, 2020
Good, this would be a happy medium. Set Teams to use the Operating System's built-in notification platform by default, giving users the option to change it if desired.