Luckily, there are ways to address this situation.

At that point, it switches your status to “Away.”

Microsoft Teams changes your status based on your activity and calendar events.

Microsoft Teams screen featuring the ‘Away’ status.

The Do Not Disturb status lets you focus or present your screen without receiving any notifications.

Teams won’t set this status automatically; it’s up to you to choose it.

However, there are methods to prevent this, whether you’re using Windows or Mac.

setting available status on Microsoft Teams

To modify your Team status, tap on your profile picture within the Team’s interface.

Then, select your current status and select “Available” from the drop-down menu.

To patch this up, you canset a custom status messagethat will never turn off until you change it.

setting custom status and its duration on Microsoft Teams

To modify the power and sleep options, simply open Windows options and hit the “System” section.

After that, grab the “Screen and Sleep” option under the Power parameters.

Next, choose the “Power Adapter” option and adjust the “Turn Display Off After” slider.

changing screen and sleep time from system PC settings

Furthermore, you’re able to adjust the screen timeout configs toprevent your phone from going idle.

To begin, set your status to “Available” in Microsoft Teams.

Then, go to YouTube or any media player and play a long video.

Since the screen stays on while the video is playing, your status will remain “Available.”

After that, switch to another app using the Alt+Tab shortcut.

This is a great way to be active on Teams instead of being away after every five minutes.

This will help your PC to be active on teams and doesn’t switch to “Away” mode.

To use it, just click its icon.

you’re free to choose how long you want it to keep your rig awake.

Why Not Set the Status to Busy?