The *one* disadvantage of using Teams in a web browser was not getting notifications for new activity, but the Teams web site now supports desktop notifications. Next time you log into Teams in a web browser, you’ll be asked if you want to turn on desktop notifications – click “Turn on”.
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You may see an additional browser prompt asking you to confirm you wish to grant the Teams website the right to show notifications –click Allow.
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If you have Windows 10 notifications enabled, you will now get notifications in the lower right-hand corner of your screen and the Windows notification panel.
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You will get notifications even if you’ve disabled desktop notifications.When you are on the Teams tab, you’ll see notifications in the lower right-hand corner of the browser.
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And when you are not on the Teams tab, you’ll see a number indicating the number of new notifications that have been sent.
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