You can avoid unwanted distractions during meetings by muting notifications. You'll still get alerts about activity related to the meeting you're in—like when someone sends a message to the meeting chat—but all other activity will be muted while you're in the meeting.
Turn off notifications during a meeting
To turn off notifications during meetings:
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In Teams, selectSettings and more
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Select Notifications and activity
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Uncheck the Show notifications duringcallsand meetings box.
To turn them back on, selectSettings and more 
Note:When you turn off notifications during meetings, you'll still receive meeting start notifications, calls, and urgent or priority notifications unless you turn them off in settings.
Want to learn more? SeeMeetings in Teams.
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