[Bug?] Sharing of single application window not possible in Teams client for Linux

Andreas Hasenkopf 71

After installing the official Linux client of MS Teams on Xubuntu 18.04, I was surprised that I was not able to share single application windows during video calls. I am only able to share the contents of one of the connected displays (laptop display or external 49" display).

However, if I use Google Chrome to join a video call, I can share single application windows.

Therefore I'm inclined to consider this a bug. Can I interest a developer at MS to fix this?

Thank you?

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Marian Javorka - MSFT 936 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-06-08T08:10:08.53+00:00

Thank you @Andreas Hasenkopf for your feedback. We are tracking this in our system.

@Michael Massee , @Pankaj Kumar I really appreciate your feedback. And I can assure you that it was not just a marketing gimmick and we do want to bring Linux client on same level as Windows and Mac clients. But please mind that we are still in Preview right now, and that, unfortunately, means that we are lacking some features.

I know that we didn't release new update for a while (insiders build was updated recently), but we were working on bringing in SNAP package and wanted to release new version together. We are solving one last issue with SNAP package and then we will proceed.

And just to give you a preview of what's cooking now, we are working on enabling Background Blur, Screen Sharing indicator (aka the red border), Screen Sharing cursor, but we also work on updating to newer Electron and enabling accessibility features, like Orca screen reader. Just to name some.

That being said, voting for feature still helps us to see what is the biggest pain for you all, but it does not mean that without voting, we would not work on it
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Pankaj Kumar 401 Reputation points

2020-06-08T08:17:34.11+00:00

That reply was quite assuring but I just hope that this comes out of Preview version ASAP, its been quite a while now.
And bringing 3x3 video grid would also be a nice gesture to Linux community.
Talking about the latest insider version, I tried it but none of the new features are present in that.
I hope they are included in the snap package sooner.
And i hope l the assurance which you have given doesn't take 2-3 months to land in Snap store

Michael Massee 686 Reputation points

2020-06-08T12:41:39.757+00:00

appreciate your feedback, many thanks for the infos you are working on ...

and understand :-), we use Teams in our daily work and business, so every Linux bug we have and windows/mac improvement we not have in Linux, is a pain.

regards.

Pankaj Kumar 401 Reputation points

2020-06-10T07:38:14.59+00:00

Ok Sir
I still have 3 questions for which I expect honest reply.

By when should we expect the Teams snap to be available for public ?

How will we know if the snap is launched ?

Will that snap include all the features you mentioned in your reply or all those features are just in "To-do" list and it will take months for them to come to Teams.

vmasip 11 Reputation points

2020-06-11T11:00:31.177+00:00

You have to think about that from linux preview release,the speed difference of the updates between platforms is quite big. Preview still being a frozen preview that from the beginning didn't have all characteristics presents in many platforms. And, instead of reduce this differences, now are bigger. What do you think people is going to think? That you are going to bring it to the same level? C'mon, you are so far from that. Each month further and further.

Michael Massee 686 Reputation points

2020-06-11T11:28:26.813+00:00

if you can't handle it, make it open source.

Simon Gibbon 16 Reputation points

2020-06-11T22:02:11.763+00:00

@MarianJavorkaMSFT thanks for your reply.

Surely still being in Preview is embarrassing after over 6 months, not a reason to have not updated.

It is made worse as so many new features have now been introduced into the other versions that the Linux client can surely no longer be called a Preview, but is just a technology demonstrator. Its lack of features no longer make it functional with the MS Teams platform with clients on other operating systems.

MS Teams is a platform, where the browser functionality is insufficient that native clients have to be used. So I am disappointed that as the platform can not be used without the clients, that the releasing of new clients is not synchronised between platforms.

Once the Linux client is out of Preview can you confirm that as MS Teams is platform the features on the different clients will updated together?

Andreas Hasenkopf 71 Reputation points

2020-06-12T06:54:24.947+00:00

I have an even better idea:

This client (https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux) is already open source. MS could contribute to it ;)

Michael Massee 686 Reputation points

2020-06-12T11:11:32.22+00:00

yeah,

MS, a Trillion-Dollar Company, took 4! YEARS, to get from 4 -> 9 view, and managed that only for windows.

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/17010055-show-video-for-all-people-in-video-meeting

55K Votes + 6K Coments

sorry, but this is unbelievable.

Jacques Chapeau 1 Reputation point

2020-06-15T22:25:05.457+00:00

****IE6 strategy revisited!****

Pankaj Kumar 401 Reputation points

2020-07-13T07:12:22.28+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT

1 month since you said that a snap version will be launched.
So when can we actually expect any announcement ?
And what about the basic features of 3*3 video and raise hands...screen sharing control ?

Should I even mention the gallery view etc etc..I mean ofcourse there is no way those features are coming to Linux
May be we'll expect those arter 2 yrs or so

vmasip 11 Reputation points

2020-07-13T07:14:23.35+00:00

There is no roadmap. How many engineers are working on it? maybe 1 or 2?

Dawid K 61 Reputation points

2020-08-28T16:12:57.753+00:00

Hi @Marian Javorka - MSFT
Almost 3 month past from time you told about solving one last issue with SNAP. Any update?

Dawid K 61 Reputation points

2020-11-07T11:26:31.17+00:00

@Pankaj Kumar
I created seperate question about SNAP status, please vote for it, maybe then they answer
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/154899/how-is-going-work-on-bringing-in-snap-package.html

Anonymous

2020-12-03T12:44:06.517+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT now that we have those "important" SNAP packages, when can we expect the promissed features, cooking since JUN and already have been released for Windows and Mac?

Anonymous

2021-01-01T04:31:29.773+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT are you okay?

Anonymous

2021-01-14T08:59:01.14+00:00

I'm still waiting for an answer here!

Anonymous

2021-01-19T09:12:25.31+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT any updates?

Anonymous

2021-02-04T23:38:40.237+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT
ANY UPDATES????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Anonymous

2021-03-30T09:59:36.79+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT Haven't received your update for a long time, any update now?

Anonymous

2021-04-14T08:15:17.567+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT any updates?

Anonymous

2021-05-10T15:47:08.66+00:00

@Marian Javorka - MSFT it's almost a year now, we are still missing

Background Blur

the perfectly woriking 3x3 grid

Sharing of single application

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Andreas Hasenkopf 21 Reputation points

2021-04-14T08:41:56.667+00:00

The support of Microsoft products for Linux is a joke. Period. the teams client for Linux and the browser version clearly are just PR gags that have only a fraction of the features of the Windows client.

The best client I found is this one: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
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Michael Massee 686 Reputation points

2020-06-03T11:48:45.213+00:00

not a bug but Microsoft feature ...

the best ist, when share screen, your mousepointer is not visible for others :-|

maybe it helps to vote here

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/40324324-keep-the-linux-client-up-to-date-with-the-latest-f

regards from a (ex) disapointed Microsoft customer
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bicycle 86 Reputation points

2020-06-03T10:55:16.453+00:00

I suspect there is no-one from Microsoft who has any influence on Teams for Linux listening here.
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JimmyYang-MSFT 49,191 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2020-06-04T02:26:38.96+00:00

Hi AndreasHasenkopf-9249!

Yes, Teams for LINUX can only support desktop sharing now!

If you really need this function, as Michael said, try to vote it in Microsoft Teams UserVoice. Microsoft will always focus on customer’s feedback and experience, some new features would be added to the services based on customers' feedback in the future, and your good ideas will be very helpful for them to improve the service.

Your time, understanding and cooperation will be highly appreciated.
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Pankaj Kumar 401 Reputation points

2020-06-06T15:07:39.887+00:00

If we really need this function ?
Are you seriously serious ?
Do you ask the same to windows users as well ?
SO we have to raise our voice to get the features which is already available to Windows users ?

So basically Teams for linux was just a marketing gimmick (release a basic version of Teams for linux and let it rot), we are ages behind windows versions, no update since March, we don't have mouse pointer while presenting, we don't have raise hand feature, we can't present without calling someone etc etc and the lost goes on and on
and all these features are available on Windows.
And Teams on windows is getting updates day and night and we don't even have 3x3 grid of video calling till now.
Aren't you guys suppose to update Linux version at the same speed as Windows ?
So my straight forward question to you is, WHY DO LINUX USERS HAVE TO VOTE FOR THESE FUNCTION FOR ALL THOSE FEATURES WHICH WINDOWS USERS ARE GETTING AUTOMATICALLY?
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