When not actively using the app, It seems like it’s reporting me a little too fast as being “away”, while still using the PC.You’ll be missing out on video effects like blurring the background or replacing it with an image.But it’s not all sunshine… What are the downsides of using Teams web client or web-app?ĭisclaimer: Both web- and client version of Teams keeps improving on a regular basis, and features get added all the time.

Needless to say, this works better for me. (which can be very awkward during shared-screen meetings or presentations) It always bothered me the standard Teams pop-ups still came through. This means they can be blocked in Windows’ built-in ‘Do not disturb’/’Focus mode’. Nice bonus, the notifications from the web-app are standard windows 10 notifications.During a video call it only uses about 3% CPU and a bit of GPU.Like most other blogs suggest, I decided to deactivate the regular Teams app and try the online version of Teams in my Edge (chromium) browser on. The load is reduced a little bit by reducing the image size of the videofeeds to a minimum, but still… it’s ridiculous. Especially during video-calls the CPU use can spike to 50 or 60%, which is abnormally high. My computer gets hot, slows down and the battery drains faster than usual. As much as I love and use Microsoft Teams, way too often I notice it uses over 8% CPU in idle state.

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