Microsoft Teams Unreliable on Work Phones with No Fallback
Teams fails to open roughly half the time on work-issued phones, with no acceptable workaround since users refuse to install work apps on personal devices. The combination of unreliability and lack of device separation leaves workers without access to collaboration tools.
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