Desktop—aka “Banner”—notifications
On Windows, these will show in the bottom right corner of your
screen, then move to the Action Center.
Email
If you want to use email to stay on top of Teams
conversations as they happen, use the missed activity
email. You choose how often you get them.
email. You'll get this email at the beginning of each day.
Tip:
You can reply to missed activity emails directly from
Outlook.
5. Things are slightly different on mobile
One of the first things you'll want to do is choose whether to send
notifications to your phone
Always
, or only
When I'm not active on
desktop
. (You're considered inactive after 3 minutes of inactivity.)
To do this, go to
More
in the top left corner of the mobile app
>
Notifications
>
Quiet hours
. Then set a specific time of day when
you want Teams to hold your notificationsor choose entire days.
6. You can set notifications per channel, too
When you get added to a
send you notifications when someone @mentions the channel. To also get notified for all new conversations and replies,
select
More options
Channel notifications
, or go to notification settings, and under
Shown channels
select
Edit
.
Reorder the teams list
To reorder your teams, select
Teams
, then click and drag the team name anywhere in your teams list.