# Stay Green On Teams

> Cloud service that keeps your Microsoft Teams status active (the green "Available" dot) without requiring Teams to stay open on your machine. Self-serve, $3.99/month after a 14-day free trial. No downloads beyond a Chrome extension used once during setup.

Stay Green On Teams runs cloud workers that connect to Microsoft Teams' presence infrastructure using your own session credentials. Your Available status is maintained from our servers — close Teams, close your browser, close your laptop. The dot stays green for the hours you've scheduled. Built and operated by Dan Chong, Head of Growth at Bolster (YC S21).

## Product

- [Homepage](https://staygreenonteams.com/): What Stay Green On Teams is and how it differs from mouse jigglers or browser-tab tricks.
- [Cloud architecture](https://staygreenonteams.com/cloud): How the service maintains your Teams presence from cloud workers without a local client.
- [Custom scheduling](https://staygreenonteams.com/scheduling): Set work hours, days, and timezone — the service auto-pauses and resumes.
- [Setup guide](https://staygreenonteams.com/setup): One-time Chrome extension install plus dashboard configuration. Roughly 30 seconds.

## Reference content

- [How to keep Teams active](https://staygreenonteams.com/how-to-keep-teams-active): Pillar guide explaining Teams' presence model and every method for staying Available.
- [How long does Teams stay active](https://staygreenonteams.com/how-long-does-teams-stay-active): Empirical numbers on the inactivity timer (about 5 minutes).
- [Microsoft Teams idle timeout 2026](https://staygreenonteams.com/microsoft-teams-idle-timeout-2026): What triggers Away status and what doesn't.
- [Teams status icons](https://staygreenonteams.com/teams-status-icons): Reference for every presence and status icon Teams displays.
- [Teams away status](https://staygreenonteams.com/teams-away-status): What the Away dot actually means and who can see it.
- [Teams available status](https://staygreenonteams.com/teams-available-status): How Available is determined and what keeps you in that state.
- [Microsoft Teams presence vs status](https://staygreenonteams.com/microsoft-teams-presence-vs-status): Distinguishes presence (the dot) from custom status (the text).
- [Teams desktop vs web presence](https://staygreenonteams.com/teams-desktop-vs-web-presence): Behaviour differences between the Teams desktop client and the web client.
- [Microsoft Teams presence privacy](https://staygreenonteams.com/microsoft-teams-presence-privacy): Who sees your status and the controls available.
- [Does Teams notify your manager when you're away](https://staygreenonteams.com/does-teams-notify-your-manager-when-youre-away): Confirms Teams does not push notifications on presence changes; what managers and admins can actually see.
- [Teams status during meetings](https://staygreenonteams.com/teams-status-during-meetings): Behaviour in Teams calls vs Zoom, Google Meet, Webex, and screen-sharing scenarios.

## Comparisons

- [Apps that keep Teams active in 2026](https://staygreenonteams.com/apps-that-keep-teams-active-green-status-2026): Overview of the category, including mouse jigglers and cloud services.
- [Mouse jiggler vs always-available app for Teams](https://staygreenonteams.com/mouse-jiggler-vs-teams-always-available-app): Why physical jigglers fail when your laptop sleeps and how cloud services handle the same case.

## Author

- [Dan Chong on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-chong/) — Head of Growth at Bolster (YC S21), based in New Zealand.
- [Peach Parade](https://peach-parade.com) — Dan's personal dev studio.

## Sister product

- [Stay Green On Slack](https://staygreenonslack.com) — Same architecture for Slack. Same author. Same dashboard.