Microsoft Teams - How to customize the look/feel of notifications

General notification settings

Change Teams notifications to receive reminders for messages, meetings, and other activity that are most helpful to you.

  1. Select Settings and more > Settings in Teams.
  2. Go to Notifications and activity. 
  3. In General, customize sounds and change when you want notifications to display. Your options include:
    1. Mute all notifications (except for calls and meetings): Turn this setting on or off. Available on Windows only.
    2. Play sounds with notifications: Every notification will include a system sound to alert you.
    3. Play sounds with urgent and priority contact notifications: Differentiate messages market Urgent and notifications from priority contacts.
    4. Play sound with incoming calls, requests to join, and meeting start notifications: Only incoming calls, requests to join meetings, and meeting start notifications will include a system sound to alert you.
    5. Show message and content previews in notifications: A short preview of the message or content will be included in the notification.
    6. Show notifications during calls and meetings: Notifications will be shown even if you're in a call or meeting.

 

Sound notifications

Assign different sounds to different kinds of notifications to prioritize tasks and reduce distractions. Mute notifications when you're busy or in a meeting.

  1. Select Settings and more > Settings in Teams.
  2. Go to Notifications and activity > Sound.
  3. Select the types of notifications you want to hear sounds for and choose a sound type in each dropdown menu.
  4. Select Play to preview the sound.

 

Notifications display

  1. Select Settings and more > Settings in Teams.
  2. Go to Notifications and activity > Display.
    1. Choose to Show message and content previews in notifications for more or less detailed information.
    2. You can also choose to Show notifications during calls and meetings or turn off this setting for fewer interruptions.
    3. Choose where you'd like notifications to appear on your screen under Position on the screen. Select Bottom right, Top right, Bottom left or Top left. Change this setting at any time for the most seamless Teams experience.
    4. Change the size of your message and content previews. Choose Comfy or Compact.

 

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