Windows
Teams mobile app could not access meetings until local network access was enabled
The Teams mobile app on the phone could not join meetings. Enabling local network access in the app resolved it.
Killed once by someone from XL.net, on 2025-12-03.
Affects
Apps
- Teams mobile app
Hardware
- cell phone
What you see
- Unable to access or join Teams meetings from the mobile app on the phone.
Why it happens
Likely Local network access was not enabled for the Teams mobile app.
When it shows up
A user can open Teams on a phone but cannot join meetings from the app, and the app does not have local network access enabled.
You are in this case if:
- Teams mobile app local network access permission is disabled
1 fix below
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Someone from XL.net killed this on a Windows computer on 2025-12-03. It is written up from that one repair, so it cites no outside page.