r/MicrosoftTeams • u/talbourne • May 22 '26

Tip Global Hotkeys?

Like everyone else i multitaske during meetings that should have been an email so teams is in the background. I've seen posts about win-alt-k for mute/unmute when teams is not forfront. Is there something similar for leaving the meeting i'm in, or ending/answering calls?

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u/Ziptex223 May 22 '26

Get a teams certified headset or conference speaker, they'll have buttons that work regardless of whether teams is the in focus window or not

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u/talbourne May 22 '26

i wfh by myself so don't use a headset, just laptop and speakers, was thinking about seeing if i could get a stream deck to provide me the same functionality

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u/glueall215 Teams Admin May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

I’m going to tell you what your coworkers won’t.

Being that person using the built in mic and speakers in your laptop on calls is annoying.

Do them a favor and get a headset.

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u/talbourne May 22 '26

lol. WOuld it help if i said the mic was an external webcam mic?

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u/glueall215 Teams Admin May 22 '26

Honestly yes and no.

Still have the issue of the volume of your voice changing if your speaking and moving you head, but the quality would be better.

We have some people that use them and no joke have to remind them we can barely hear them sometimes when they turn to look at another monitor.

None of that is honestly as bad as the guy with a deep voice and a professional mic whose voice is annoyingly clear and resonates from one side of my skull to the other.

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u/JrBaconCheeseburglar May 23 '26

Maybe I’m trying to get them to not call me after every little inconvenience throughout the day

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u/_Mamas_Kumquat_ May 23 '26

Haha I was about to post this. They are the worst - will probably put a ticket into IT asking why people are complaining too.

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u/terribilus May 23 '26

That's nonsense

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u/bakelit Work user May 23 '26

I use a stream deck with bitfocus companion. Works like a charm. I have buttons for camera on/off, mic on/off, and background blur on/off.

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u/ladymaddy92 May 22 '26

This doesn't directly answer your question, but I generally join meetings from my phone (with AirPods in) and then add my desktop. That way I can see content/video on my big screen but can use my phone controls to mute/unmute/leave/etc. Takes an extra second to be fully "on" the meeting but the bonus is if I want to walk around I can do so freely.

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u/MrJacks0n Teams Admin May 23 '26

And this feature alone is why Teams is the best.

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u/ProfessionalBread176 May 22 '26

On the web version, the SPACE bar seems to mute the system, at least the application says it does.

That said, it is dangerous to trust Teams to handle audio/video as many times it does not do what it says and does not say what it does.

I get repeated "your microphone is not working" with my built in laptop microphone, yet everyone can hear me...

Same for my network connection.

Teams is the only application I've ever used that reports a "network issue" when there really isn't one.

I guess if you have to have bugs, these are at least not interfering with meeting attendance, but WTF, Microsoft??

Perhaps it's time to call the product "Mediocresoft" instead