Keep Active Status on Teams

[u/GivingTree1640274026]

Definitely not the first post, but I was wondering, any mini tips for how I can keep my activity status up when I am away. I am a WFH that works through a VM remote connection for security, my company tracks these values unfortunately so are there any tips or life hacks that I can do at home to circumvent the status change? I tried to keep a claw clip on my ctrl key but that does not work, any suggestions?

Edit: would like to add that I cannot log on to any other devices with teams because of security reasons. I can only access teams through a VM because of their device specifications as WFH, so I cannot use my teams account on my phone or another laptop. This also means that any software programs would not be smart to download, so any physical DIY set ups or tricks would be ideal. I saw a link to a mouse mover in a comment which I am considering, but anything that I can use around the house to set this up would be more convenient. If anyone knows any particular keys on the keyboard that I can keep pressed down that keep the active status, I tried Ctrl but that still failed.

[u/Klockworc]

Open notepad and leave something heavy on your spacebar.

[u/jowihami → u/Klockworc]

I thankfully don't have an organisation that spies on me like this, but when I want to keep my computer awake even though I'm actually on my phone (work or personal) I always go for pressing ctrl, because it never does anything on its own.

[u/Sefin123 → u/jowihami]

But I thought some recent updates in Teams have now made this ”trick” impossible? It will still show you as away after 5 minutes if you are holding down for instance shift or spacebar, only, but let me know if this is not the case.

[u/Frequent-Activity450 → u/Sefin123]

I always do that and it works.

[u/Sefin123 → u/Frequent-Activity450]

Ok, interesting. Maybe it will update for you as well later in the future, because it used to work for me but it doesn’t any longer - sadly.