Configuring Teams Application Settings

The following describes the Teams application's settings. In the home screen, select the user picture / avatar. Alternatively, in the Calls screen (or People screen, Calendar screen or Voicemail screen), select the phone menu and then the Settings option.


Use this table as reference:

Idle Screen Description

Item

Description

Dark Theme

Dark Theme can be enabled to suit user preference. To enable Dark Theme:

1. Drag the ‘Dark Theme’ setting slider to the ‘on’ position; the following prompt is displayed:

2. Choose Restart and then verify after the Teams application restarts that all screens (Teams application and Device Settings) are dark themed:

 

Profile

Opens the user's email address and photo / avatar picture.

Calling

Opens the Calls screen.

Incoming Calls

    ■ Call forwarding. Enables automatically redirecting an incoming call to another destination.
    ■ Forward to. Only displayed if the previous setting is enabled. Defines the destination to which to forward incoming calls.
    ■ Also ring. Only displayed if ‘Call forwarding’ is disabled. Select either Off, Contact or number, or Call group.
    ■ If unanswered. Only displayed if ‘Call forwarding’ is disabled. Defines the destination to which to forward unanswered incoming calls. Select either Off, Voicemail, Contact or number, or Call group.

Caller ID

    ■ Hide your phone number when dialing people who are outside of Microsoft Teams

Block Calls

Block calls with no caller ID. Enables blocking calls that do not have a Caller ID.

Home screen

Default: On (enabled). Slide left to switch off (disable) and block the home screen from view; the Calendar screen takes its place.

Notifications

Default: On (enabled). Allows notifications to be displayed. Slide left to switch off (disable); notifications will not be displayed.

Report an issue

Microsoft Teams application’s ‘Report an issue’ option opens the Send Feedback screen.

'Report an issue' can alternatively be triggered by simultaneously pressing the Vol up + Vol down keys. This can help the user to report an issue even if the application is stuck and does not allow the user to report the issue via the Application > Settings tab.

About

Opens the About screen.

Sign out

Lets you sign out of the phone application as one user and optionally sign in again as another user. See Signing Out for detailed information.

Device Settings

Opens the [Device] Settings screen. See Configuring Device Settings for detailed information.