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Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Re: Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Post by ubermonkey »

Bad link, but I feel like we're watching "worse is better" win again with Teams.

You get Teams with Office. You don't have to pay for something else -- something better, like GTM or WebEx. And so you use it, and those other, better options wither.

We watched the same thing happen with word processing (though to be fair WordPerfect refused to adapt and was complicit in its own demise) and spreadsheets (same song for Lotus). The exact same thing happened/is happening with critical path scheduling software -- there used to be lots of them, and now the only real alternative to MS Project is Primavera P6.

Ugh.

Re: Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Post by MDWolinski »

I mean, if you're in a meeting with a bunch of 5-year olds, then yes, this could be a problem. But in an office environment, I suspect that most people will be less inclined to doodle away on your presentation.

That being side, Zoom had this functionality for awhile now. It's actually beneficial to me if someone is giving a presentation and I have some notes or trying to get them to click somewhere they can't comprehend...

Re: Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Post by kcplate »

nerdjon wrote: post #16
a2tech wrote: post #2

Its Teams--the meeting was a mess the minute it was scheduled using Teams

I really hate Microsoft for pushing teams so heard with office 365, this software was just not ready to be released (it really still isn't). It seems to be bad wether or not its on Windows or Mac (I used to think it was just bad on Mac but I have had that assumption proven wrong multiple times now). The number of times I have coworkers whose cameras just don't work. My current fun 2 issues, I no longer get any alerts…

My biggest complaint…on a mac, I can’t alt-tab to show the teams window, so i get the fun of tiling teams with outlook on a single space and tabbing to outlook to see my teams window.

It’s maddening.

Re: Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Post by macintux »

heywoodlh wrote: post #20
lelandfe wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Making edits and suggestions in real-time can be an incredibly useful tool, and cut down on wasted time and countless emails - but only if people use the service for good. This update "could turn your meeting into a complete mess" in the same way that I can turn a meeting into a complete mess by screaming into my microphone. How did this article even get approved?

> I can turn a meeting into a complete mess by screaming into my microphone. Or the same way that one person in a large meeting randomly keeps unmuting throughout the meeting and we hear a bunch of feedback. (I got a good chuckle imagining someone unmuting to scream into the microphone)

I let out a good groan once during a sales call when our salesperson was…exaggerating a bit.

Unfortunately, it turned out the hardware mute on my headset wasn’t working correctly.

Re: Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Post by gellpak »

kcplate wrote: post #23
nerdjon wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really hate Microsoft for pushing teams so heard with office 365, this software was just not ready to be released (it really still isn't). It seems to be bad wether or not its on Windows or Mac (I used to think it was just bad on Mac but I have had that assumption proven wrong multiple times now). The number of times I have coworkers whose cameras just don't work. My current fun 2 issues, I no longer get any alerts…

My biggest complaint…on a mac, I can’t alt-tab to show the teams window, so i get the fun of tiling teams with outlook on a single space and tabbing to outlook to see my teams window. It’s maddening.

I got so frustrated with this that I installed Edge and now have Teams running as a web app, and at least that behaves itself.

Re: Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Post by ehutch79 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #15
ehutch79 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly? I don't even think an in person, at a table, meetings arn't a mess....

This is frequently the case, but this is a combination of factors; immature or insecure participants, no agenda, no moderator, nobody that ever had any formal training on how to conduct a meeting correctly. But as a team (if you have a meeting with a team) there's agreements you can make, like how only one person can speak at a time (use an accessory like a ball to indicate who can speak right now). This will make th…

Sure, roberts rules of order are a thing for a reason.

There's also a lot of cases where a meeting goes from reviewing workflow or implementation details and someone ends up railroading the meeting into bikeshedding the sidebar color.

Re: Microsoft Teams update could turn your meeting into a complete mess

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Post by giancarlostoro »

macintux wrote: post #24
heywoodlh wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I can turn a meeting into a complete mess by screaming into my microphone. Or the same way that one person in a large meeting randomly keeps unmuting throughout the meeting and we hear a bunch of feedback. (I got a good chuckle imagining someone unmuting to scream into the microphone)

I let out a good groan once during a sales call when our salesperson was…exaggerating a bit. Unfortunately, it turned out the hardware mute on my headset wasn’t working correctly.

Curious, how did you handle the result?

I never trust hardware mute, I rather see the software also show a mute icon as well.

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