After a computer wakes from sleep, Teams and connected peripherals may stop responding to each other's mute and unmute requests; Microsoft's workaround is to restart Teams.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams
Subsystem
certified peripheral HID sync
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-10-02
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting headset call controls in softphones: source note headset-control-troubleshooting-teams-sleep-mute-desync. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/headset-control-troubleshooting-teams-sleep-mute-desync

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-headset-control-troubleshooting-teams-sleep-mute-desync,
  title  = {Troubleshooting headset call controls in softphones: source note headset-control-troubleshooting-teams-sleep-mute-desync},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/headset-control-troubleshooting-teams-sleep-mute-desync},
  note   = {Source note headset-control-troubleshooting-teams-sleep-mute-desync, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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