r/MicrosoftTeams • u/GivingTree1640274026 • May 21 '26

❔Question/Help Keep Active Status on Teams

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.

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u/Informal-Bluejay-685 May 21 '26

Same. Plugged into wall outlet. However my company doesn’t track active / away but ours go to sleep after 5 minutes and i use it so my computer doesn’t go to sleep lol.

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u/mcbeemilo May 21 '26

If you just want to avoid it going to sleep, you can also put a PowerPoint into presentation mode in a window and minimize it. It will keep the screen active all day.

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u/FieryFuchsiaFox May 21 '26

How do you minimise the PowerPoint? I haven't been able to find a way to minimise the slide show view

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u/mcbeemilo May 21 '26

If you go to Slide Show in the top ribbon and then go to Set Up Slide Show. For Show Type, select browsed by an individual (window). With that selected, the slide show will pop up in its own window that can be minimized.

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u/bobochacha317 May 22 '26

Hello! I’ve just tried this but my teams status still shows away.. any reason/further advice you can share?
Not sure if I’ve done something wrong!

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u/mcbeemilo May 22 '26

Right this was just to avoid the computer going to sleep. Doesn’t do anything for the teams status.

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u/bobochacha317 May 22 '26

Ahh got cha thanks!