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title: "Why Does Microsoft Teams Show Me as Away During an Active Meeting?"  
description: "Why Does Microsoft Teams Show Me as Away During an Active Meeting?"  
author: "Jahnavi"  
published: 2026-10-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/118323/why-does-microsoft-teams-show-me-as-away-during-an-active-meeting  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["Microsoft Teams", "microsoft", "troubleshooting", "Remote Work"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why Does Microsoft Teams Show Me as Away During an Active Meeting?

Teams sometimes changes my presence to Away while I’m still in a meeting and speaking. It has happened during both scheduled calls and quick meetings, so I’m unsure whether the status is based on keyboard activity, calendar state, or something else.

Does the presence indicator update differently when Teams is running in a browser versus the desktop app? I’d also like to know whether device sleep settings or having Teams open on two devices can make the status misleading.


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