Did you know that Microsoft Teams has a special option that allows users to label messages asurgent?
And theres more to it: all the urgent messages are sent using priority notifications.
As a quick reminder, priority notifications keep popping up every 2 minutes for a 20-minute period.
Theyre designed to get peoples attention.
It all boils down to the wrong manner in which people use urgent messages.
They often misuse the feature and add the urgent label to force the recipient to read the message.
In a previous guide, we showed you how you candisable all chat notifications during Teams meetings.
To quickly sum things up, you oughta set your Teams status toDo Not Disturband tweak yourFocus Assistsettings.
So far, so good.
But the problem is that urgent messages can bypass these tweaks.
How Do I Turn off Urgent Messages in Microsoft Teams?
No matter what parameters you use, youre still going to receive urgent messages.
This feature is available in the Teams Admin Center, so only admins can disable it.
So, Whats the Solution?
There are only two solutions that are efficient in blocking urgent message notifications coming from Teams.
The first one consists of logging out of your Teams account and force-stopping Teams.
The second one involves switching the phone off after business hours.
As simple as that.
Stress the idea they should use urgent messages only when its appropriate to do so.
Nevertheless, urgent message notifications are very handy but only when used appropriately.
However, many users misuse this option and send urgent messages when thats not really the case.
Unfortunately, you cant block urgent Teams messages on your end.
Only Teams admins can disable this option in theMessaging policies.
