Microsoft Teams Notification Nag Screen Interrupts Users Repeatedly
Users are repeatedly interrupted by a Microsoft Teams prompt stating that Teams must be open to continue receiving notifications, which multiple reports describe as annoying. This reflects a notification-delivery design that depends on the app being open rather than running reliably in the background.
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