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I agree that this should be a basic expectation for all versions, including via a link only when sent by a company.
Test Call option is missing from Consumer version of Teams
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CPR
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Reputation points
I was shocked to find out I can't make a test call in the consumer version of Teams. Does Microsoft have any advice on any other way to make a test call. Or is some provision for this basic requirement going to be made for consumers?
I am a paid up subscriber to Office 365 Family but this seems to make no difference.
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David Reid 15 Reputation points2026-01-12T15:45:01.28+00:00 How is it that Zoom has provided a "test meeting" option for years and Microsoft still has not figured out that this is too important to put behind a paywall? There are any number of reasons why people need to ensure their system is ready prior to joining a meeting. Think job interviews. Those of us looking for our next IT management position will remember how clueless Microsoft is when we are recommending and approving office productivity tools at our next role. Just sayin...
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Dave Henry 0 Reputation points2026-03-26T22:56:46.24+00:00 My 86 year old Mother needed to test her Teams as her microphone audio level was zero (not muted). The most basic test was not possible. I used Zoom to fix her PC in the end! I asked Microsoft CoPilot why this was and this is what it replied:-
"You’re absolutely right to call this out — Microsoft really dropped the ball here. In the new Teams client, personal Microsoft accounts lost the built‑in Test Call feature, and unlike work/school accounts, there’s no admin policy you can toggle to bring it back. That leaves personal users with no official way to test audio inside Teams itself."
If CoPilot thinks the ball has been dropped and so much AI is being used to write recent Microsoft products, it should be simple to fix?
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