Microsoft states that a CQD Poor audio classification means a network threshold was broken, not that the audio was actually poor or that the user perceived a problem, because the Teams media stack can mitigate considerable network degradation.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Teams Call Quality Dashboard
Subsystem
stream classification
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cqd-poor-not-perceived. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cqd-poor-not-perceived

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cqd-poor-not-perceived,
  title  = {Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cqd-poor-not-perceived},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cqd-poor-not-perceived},
  note   = {Source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cqd-poor-not-perceived, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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