Microsoft Teams ignores regional week-start settings and has persistent notification bugs
A user describes multiple longstanding Microsoft Teams issues: the app work-week start day does not follow the user regional/language settings despite being reported for over three years, reaction notifications appear in a different location than the actual chat, and unread message badges persist after messages have been read. Together these create friction for users who rely on Teams daily for scheduling and messaging.
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