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Unable to complete authorization for Teams to access GitHub
I'm using Teams Version 1.2.00.28258 (last updated on 05/11/2019) on macOS Catalina 10.15.1. In the desktop Teams app, I clicked on 'Apps' and then selected GitHub. I then clicked on the 'Sign In' button and noticed the following message: "Please note that GitHub no longer supports your web browser. We recommend upgrading to the latest Google Chrome or Firefox." Yet, I'm using the latest versions of Firefox (70.0.1) and Brave (Version 0.70.123 Chromium: 78.0.3904.97 (Official Build) (64-bit)) for Mac! Also, Firefox is set as my default browser. Despite the message, I was able to sign in but couldn't get past the authorization screen because the green button was disabled.
Question about barCode.scanBarCode
Dear sir I'm developing Teams mobile application, static tab(Personal app Tab). We need a QR scan feature. However I can't use that. barCode.isSupported() is always false. Is there any restriction on static tab app? Here are my conditions. -. "import { app, authentication, barCode } from '@microsoft/teams-js';" . version : 2.37.0 -. manifest.json : "devicePermissions": ["media"], -. app.initialize() is sucessfully done. I can see the barCode object Unfortunatly, barCode.isSupported() shows false. Android, iOS has the same result. Can you advise how I can use the barCode camera.? Many thanks
My Point of View on Microsoft 365 E7
1) Introduction: Microsoft 365 E7 is built for organisations ready to move beyond traditional productivity suites and embrace an AI‑driven operating model. It unifies advanced collaboration tools, enterprise‑grade security, identity management, and AI innovation into a single platform. Its purpose is to transform human intent into automated AI action while ensuring strong governance and control. At the heart of E7 is Microsoft Agent 365, a management layer that enables organisations to deploy, scale, and govern AI agents across the digital workplace. 2) Core components E7 combines existing Microsoft technologies with new AI capabilities: Microsoft 365 E5 Teams for collaboration Outlook and Exchange for communication SharePoint and OneDrive for document management Advanced compliance and security features Enterprise analytics and data protection Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant integrated across apps Helps draft content and emails Analyses data in Excel Summarises meetings and documents Automates routine tasks Microsoft Entra Suite Identity and access management Secures identities and applications Manages user access across systems Protects against identity‑based threats Supports secure remote and hybrid work Microsoft Agent 365 Platform for managing AI agents Provides governance and control for automation Enables safe and scalable AI deployment 3) Why Microsoft 365 E7 Matters? E7 signals a shift from traditional digital workflows to environments where AI agents actively assist and automate work. With E7, organisations can: Scale AI capabilities across departments Maintain compliance and governance Safeguard sensitive data and identities Empower employees with intelligent, productivity‑enhancing tools For businesses pursuing an AI‑first strategy, Microsoft 365 E7 offers a unified foundation for innovation, efficiency, and growth. Strategic Perspective : E7 represents a significant evolution in enterprise communications. Traditionally, unified communications focused on integrating voice, video, messaging, and collaboration into a seamless experience. With E7, Microsoft is extending that vision into AI‑driven orchestration, where communication isn’t just about connecting people, it’s about enabling agents and automation to act on intent. Key Strengths Deep Integration: By combining Microsoft 365 E5, Copilot, Entra, and Agent 365, E7 creates a single ecosystem where collaboration, identity, and automation are tightly bound. AI‑First Workflows: Copilot and Agent 365 shift communications from reactive (chat, email, meetings) to proactive, where AI agents can summarise, draft, and even execute tasks. Governance & Security: Entra ensures that identity and access remain central, which is critical as AI agents begin to act on behalf of users. Scalability: Agent 365 provides the control layer to scale AI safely across departments, avoiding the chaos of fragmented automation tools. 4) Why It Matters for Unified Communications? E7 is not just another productivity suite it’s the next operating model for enterprise collaboration. In UC terms, it means: Meetings and messaging become AI‑augmented experiences. Communication channels are context‑aware, with agents that can act during or after interactions. Governance ensures that automation doesn’t compromise compliance or trust. 5) My Take Microsoft 365 E7 is essentially Unified Communications 2.0 moving from connecting people to connecting people + AI agents in a governed, secure environment. For organisations, this means less friction in workflows, faster decision‑making, and a foundation for scaling AI across the enterprise. It’s a bold step: UC is no longer just about “how we talk and collaborate,” but about how intent flows seamlessly into action. 6) Unified Communications (UC) use cases where Microsoft 365 E7 could have the biggest impact a) Meetings & Collaboration AI‑Summarised Meetings: Copilot automatically generates minutes, action items, and follow‑ups from Teams meetings. Real‑Time Agent Assistance: Agent 365 can deploy meeting assistants that track decisions, schedule tasks, and notify stakeholders instantly. Cross‑Language Communication: AI agents provide live translation and context‑aware summaries, making global collaboration seamless. b) Contact Centers & Customer Engagement AI‑Driven Call Routing: Agent 365 can intelligently assign customer calls to the right agent or bot, reducing wait times. Automated Responses: Copilot drafts responses to customer queries based on knowledge bases, improving speed and consistency. Compliance Monitoring: Entra ensures identity verification and secure access for agents handling sensitive customer data. c) Frontline & Field Communications Task Automation: AI agents can log field reports, update inventory, or trigger workflows directly from mobile Teams chats. Secure Access Anywhere: Entra provides identity‑based security for frontline workers accessing apps remotely. Voice‑to‑Action: Workers can issue voice commands that AI agents convert into automated actions (e.g., “log equipment issue”). d) Executive & Leadership Communication AI‑Curated Briefings: Copilot summarises enterprise communications, surfacing key insights for leadership. Governed AI Agents: Agent 365 ensures executives can safely delegate routine communication tasks to AI without losing oversight. Data‑Driven Decision Support: Integration with analytics tools provides leaders with real‑time dashboards and AI‑generated recommendations. 7) Key Differences when comparing with E5+ Copilot Comparison table Feature / Factor Microsoft 365 E5 + Copilot Microsoft 365 E7 Core Productivity Includes Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, compliance, analytics Same foundation (E5 included) AI Capabilities Copilot integrated into apps (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook) Copilot + Copilot Studio + Work IQ + AI agent orchestration Identity & Access Basic Entra features (with E5 security/compliance) Full Microsoft Entra Suite for advanced identity governance AI Agent Management Not included Microsoft Agent 365 — deploy, manage, and govern AI agents Governance & Compliance Strong compliance/security tools Enhanced governance for AI workflows and agent actions Target Audience Organisations experimenting with AI productivity Organisations scaling AI enterprise‑wide with governance Cost (per user/month) E5: ~$57–$65 + Copilot add‑on: ~$30 → ~$87–$95 $99 flat pricing (Frontier Suite) Positioning Secure productivity + AI assistant AI‑driven operating model with enterprise governance Key differences: Governance Layer: E7 introduces Agent 365, which ensures AI agents can be deployed safely across departments something E5 + Copilot lacks. Identity Integration: E7 bundles the Entra Suite, giving advanced identity and access management beyond E5’s baseline. Unified Pricing: Instead of stacking E5 and Copilot costs, E7 offers a single license at $99/user/month. Strategic Role: E5 + Copilot is about productivity enhancement; E7 is about enterprise AI transformation. Risks & Trade‑offs Cost Premium: E7 is ~10–15% more expensive than E5 + Copilot combined. Adoption Readiness: E7 makes sense only if an organisation is ready to scale AI broadly; otherwise, E5 + Copilot may suffice. Complexity: Governance and agent management add layers of responsibility requiring IT maturity. Conclusion: If your organisation is still testing AI productivity gains, E5 + Copilot is cost‑effective. But if you’re ready to scale AI across the enterprise with governance, compliance, and identity controls, E7 is the better long‑term foundation.Copy time and users name when copy paste conversation.
As far as I can se this was removed due to the fact that some people copy paste code directly into production system where time and usernames caused problems. However in the normal world it not to uncommon to quote, even between organisations or even mail. And then you REALLY REALLY need to have time and user name. This was also what was default until recently, and currently everyone is sending screenshots, something that ofcourse is not a good solution. In order to make everyone happy, make an option in settings to not copy username/time and make it unset as default, those who need it will find it for sure, the rest will get the expected "what you mark is what you copy" behavior.Feature Suggestion: hover over description for teams within MS Teams
My organization has been using teams for about six years now. Slowly, my left column in teams has filled up with many teams. Sometimes I'm added to a team and I don't even know what it is! Sometimes I joined the team three years ago and forget what they do. The name of the team may not be very descriptive, or is an acronym I've forgotten / never learned, and this leads me to browsing posts to get an idea of the main function of the team. I predict that this issue will only grow as time goes on. In the early days of teams, this was not as much of an issue. I'm suggesting a feature with this intent: allow users either with a mouseover on the team name, or with clicking on the three dots next to a team name (ideally both), to see a brief 200 character or less synopsis / description of the team. In this way, we'll quickly relay the intent of the team to any / all users. Currently, hovering your mouse over the team name produces the team name again and "Public" or "Private" as far as I can tell. Currently it is clean and light, but I propose adding an optional description below the "Public" / "Private" part. Thoughts? NOTE: I would have submitted this in other more appropriate forums like feedbackportal.microsoft.com but i don't have access.Teams Meetings to Block Third-Party Recording Bots
Teams will soon block third-party recording bots from being able to create transcripts and generate AI-based summaries for Teams meetings. The problem is that these bots must export information for processing outside of a tenant, which creates all sorts of compliance issues. The new feature is part of base Teams and will be enabled in all tenants. You can disable the block and allow bots if you want. https://office365itpros.com/2026/03/16/third-party-recording-bots/
Teams auto selecting "Missed Calls"
I have the calls tab selected. On that tab I have "All" selected. I then click the Activity tab. Teams is selecting "Missed" on that tab. Why is it selecting "Missed"? The issue is when I click back to the calls tab Teams then selects the "Missed" on the calls area. Now if I click on "All" on the Activity tab and then click back to the Calls tab everything is fine. Seems like it is auto selecting stuff for me I didn't ask it to do.
Teams status ignores duration and resets status
I set myself to "Appear offline" with duration through "This week". But every time I step away from my computer and come back, my status resets to Available. Scheduled meetings on my calendar also reset my status (from 'Offline' to 'Busy'.) I deleted the Team app entirely and only use it on web now: That's slightly better, but I still show as "Available" first thing every morning. Is there a workaround for this? Is Microsoft aware of bug? I've seen this behavior reported before (last year) but it's only started happening for me as of the most recent update. I didn't see anything about it in the release notes and the documentation doesn't account for this behavior, so I have to assume it's not an intentional change.MS Teams crashes *sometimes* during Video calls/meetings
I've been researching an issue where several users are experiencing periodic Teams crashes always during a Video call/meeting. A call that crashes once is often successful right after, and the crashes don't follow any pattern. I haven't found any commonalities across hardware or drivers, and have been checking network quality pretty closely. It really seems like it's a Teams software issue. Is anyone else dealing with this kind of inconsistent stability? The errors in logs (that I've seen) are always: Renderer process crashed; rendererName=mainWindow; crashType=crashed; url=https://teams.microsoft.com; restarting app=YES Other forum threads haven't been useful; they usually point to a software glitch that has since been patched, or some common hardware issue with a specific laptop model (Surface) or webcam (Logitech). I tried to figure out if I could disable GPU rendering (just as a test) and that doesn't appear to be an option. Is there another test we could try? This seems to be related to graphics rendering, particularly since it always happens during a beginning of a Video call or meeting, and the detail in the error logs... I opened a Microsoft support case, but it's going no where fast, particularly since the issue isn't reproducible on-demand. In my various testing and research, I tried launching Teams from a command prompt window (thinking maybe "--disable-gpu" would be an option to launch with). It launched and then I stumbled upon this strange output; I eventually canceled with Ctrl+C and Teams closed. I think this is totally unrelated, but figured I'd share it in case it ends up being relevant. The messages sure look like Teams is experiencing a memory leak ("MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected."). In any case, this output was on a system where Teams has never crashed as described before, so probably not the best clue.Student chat disabled?
Hi there, I’ve started testing and setting up Teams for my education customer. I’ve gotten reports that teachers have a “This chat has been disabled. You can’t send send a message , but can view past messages.” Message when going to message a student. I have tried re-assigning policies but nothing that I’ve tried has worked. Any resolutions? Help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jessie M. Hadaller EDIT: This issue only appears on the iPad app version of Teams. Version#:3.10.0Sync unread notifications between desktop and mobile
Running iOS 15.5. In the actual Teams app on my phone, conversations that were read on desktop show as read, however the challenge I'm facing is related to the notification center on my phone (i.e. the notifications that show up on the lock screen). Even though the app knows those messages have been read, the notifications on the lock screen still show up. The challenge is if I'm working on my desktop for a few hours, the next time I look at my phone I'll have a slew of Teams notifications in the notification center for messages that have already been read and it's annoying and time consuming to clear them. I've already blocked notifications in the app using the "when active on desktop" setting, but it seems as though this doesn't always work and I still end up with notifications on my phone for conversations I've had on desktop. Is there anything I can do about this or is it a bug?The webinar description has disappeared from the registration page.
Today I discovered that the seminar description has disappeared from the registration page for our seminar. The description itself is in the original form in Teams desktop, but it is missing from the registration page. The same thing happens on registration pages for events from other organizations. I'm attaching screenshots. For example https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/001cac17-2954-48d0-9857-b3b1bc52a970@d52e4e8e-7dc3-45d9-a6c2-d0bc694268be. Please help us with a solution, we need to have a description of the event on the registration website.Teams Suppresses Sentiments in Meeting Chats
In December 2024, Microsoft introduced a control to block responses to sentiment-related prompts in Teams meeting chat. Now that block extends to every Teams user following a consolidation of the Teams meeting implementation of chat with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Basically, the block stops Copilot responding to prompts that look for opinions about emotions, judgement, or evaluations of other meeting participants. It’s a good thing. https://office365itpros.com/2026/03/13/sentiment-related-prompts/
Teams availability status - admin way to manage this?
We have some staff here who seem to be abusing the Teams status feature: they indicate they are "available" when they are away from their desk/computer. Management here as inquired if there is a way to enforce the Teams feature where it normally shows inactive after a few minutes. Is this possible?
Group email addresses for Teams sometimes contain “+” or “/” characters
We are using Microsoft Teams in our organization. When creating multiple Teams with exactly the same team name, using ASCII alphanumeric characters only, we occasionally see that the automatically generated group email address contains unexpected characters such as “+” or “/”. I would like to know whether this behavior is expected or if it is specific to our environment. This issue seems to have been occurring since around August 2025. We manually create Teams using the Windows Teams client. For example, if we create several Teams with a simple name such as “example2026”, the corresponding group email addresses are generated in the following format: email address removed for privacy reasons However, in some cases, the XXXXXX portion includes characters like “+” or “/”. When creating around 50 Teams, this issue appears in a few of them. This causes two problems for us: A “+” character interferes with plus-addressing behavior. When a “/” is included, we cannot create events inside the Team. Has anyone else encountered this issue or knows why this happens? Any insights would be appreciated.
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