Kind of a rant, but more making a point.
Teams via browser means you have to have an M/S account because
your data is in someone else's data center (isn't that a Cloud?
;-) ). Or to put this another way, someone has to have an account
so that you can get access via Teams in my experience.
OH and for those who have yet to use it -- REMEMBER|Understand,
if you used your phone for audio, to physically hang it up when
you leave a Teams session. Unlike Web Ex, Zoom, and others, Teams
doesn't disconnect from your phone. This was my experience
through the end of November of 2022 with Teams.
And TEAMS on my iPhone had me having to plug my phone in to
charge several times a day. It was amazing to me how much battery
was used for a Teams conference.
Regards,
Steve Thompson
On 2/8/2023 12:52 PM, Tony Harminc wrote:
On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 at 10:07, Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> wrote:
Not everyone runs Windows or a Mac.
I installed Teams on my Linux desktop and did a reboot (since
this is M/S software). Upon starting Teams, it promptly crashed
KDE, requiring a reboot. Which resulted in me doing an immediate
uninstall.
So I was forced to get a Windows laptop just to run the in vogue
software. Why? because I can't seem to acquire W10 so I can run
it under Virtual Box.
[...]
I'm unclear if you're looking for a "solution" or just want to rant
(not unjustified). In my experience Teams runs OK in a browser,
without requiring a Windows-based app to assist it. There were
problems with Firefox but MS and Mozilla seem to have made it work in
recent times. The same has been true of Google Meet. Certainly
performance is better with the MS app, and they are forever trying to
push you to use it, but most features do work directly in the browser.
Did you try joining your meeting in FF, and refusing any attempts to
get you to "upgrade" to an app?
Tony H.
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