Was there ever a MS Teams feature anyone actually liked? Seems like the whole product is based on loathing.

Hmm...

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Microsoft says that this feature is basically a replacement for physical workplace check-in peripherals, it reduces the need to manually update your status

Considering how much I have to manually fix my regular teams status, I have doubts as to how effective this will be.

Users "may" hate?

My company device already has so much surveillance on it that this won't make a meaningful difference to me.

However, given that they can't even get my activity status right, I don't see it going well. For example It sets me we idle even if I'm typing furiously in my editor, unless I go wave my mouse cursor in Teams for a few seconds. Other chat apps got this right decades ago.

It doesn't deliver messages or delivers them out of order. Unread status on messages doesn't work right. It crashes randomly. I could go on.

Fix the core functionality, Microsoft, instead of adding all kinds of big brother bullshit. I don't trust Teams to get anything right and neither should my manager.

it reduces the need to manually update your status, and it also enables co-workers to know that you're at work so that they can coordinate in-person meetings with you.

They're not even trying with these weak ass justifications anymore. Are either of these things an actual problem for anyone?

I look forward to everyone being shown as located in the major city where our VPN is listed instead of where we actually are. That's how it works for browsers and other location based functionality now.

“Users may hate”

Sweety, we already hate everything MS. Take a wild guess…

If it's a new Teams feature I'm going to hate it regardless of what it does. MS doesn't make software for human beings any more.

Basically, Microsoft Places and Teams have received workplace check-ins via Wi-Fi. The idea is that if an employee arrives at the office and connects to their enterprise network, their profile status indicator will show them as being present in the office.

Joke's on you. My work is so stingy, they don't offer WiFi to employees. Also, I've blocked location permissions in Teams, just in case.

Location: at work.

wasnt it only yesterday that Gremlin Satya Nutella was telling employees they should not be tracking their staff?

Is it possible to hate Teams more?

Since teams is for connecting people remotely (office to office, office to other departments, etc) what sense does this make?

Being "in office" has nothing to do with my location.

Microsoft sucks so much.

We have teams. It sucks. They’re going to make us use it for phone calls soon.

Users as in (office) workers. I cast a enormous doubt that there is no living person who chose Teams over literally any other messaging app just to use it for their main way of communication outside of their workspace.