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You will need to update the corresponding setting in the desktop-config JSON file, see for example here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/configuring_startup_settings_in_microsoft_teams_with_windows_powershell/
Start Teams in background for organisation
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Duncan van Rooij
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Teams automatically starting with a popup window is very inconvenient for our users. We would much rather have it start minimized.
How do I change the default option for "Start Teams in Background" to be enabled by default for our entire organisation?
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Yuki Sun-MSFT 41,376 Reputation points Moderator2022-04-29T09:57:39.367+00:00 Hi @Duncan van Rooij ,
Just checking in to see how things are going on with this thread. Have you had a chance to check the information provided? If michev's reply was helpful, you can click the "Accept Answer" button under this post so that other's with similar question can benefit from this thread as well. If you still have further questions or concerns, feel free to post back.
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Vasil Michev 119.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2022-04-26T14:16:33.537+00:00 -
Yuki Sun-MSFT 41,376 Reputation points Moderator
2022-04-27T08:48:51.947+00:00 Hi @Duncan van Rooij ,
The setting for the "Start Teams in Background" option is stored in the desktop-config JSON file which by default located at %AppData%\Microsoft\Teams\desktop-config.json. And the corresponding part is as highlighted below("openAsHidden":true,"):
So agree with michev that you would need to try configuring the setting using powershell.
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Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 13,336 Reputation points MVP2023-06-22T07:53:39.03+00:00 No news about this? Poking json is crazy approach. I found out registery autorun have this line by default, can we change it to have the decired result. I want teams to start, but not on full window:
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe --processStart "Teams.exe" --process-start-args "--system-initiated"