Personal Coffee-Break Settings Microsoft Teams

In this article, you will learn how to pause all Coffee-Breaks or configure personal settings for individual campaigns. You can either pause all Coffee-Break campaigns at once or customize individual campaigns separately.

ℹ️ You can find the Crewting app in Microsoft Teams here: Microsoft Teams > Chat list > Crewting > App

Pausing Coffee-Breaks

You can pause your participation in all Coffee-Breaks at any time via the settings under Employee Matching.

To open the settings:

1. Open the Crewting app
2. Open the settings at the bottom left
3. Select the menu item Employee Matching
4. Click on Configure under Pause Matchmaking
5. Select a start date for your break (optional)
6. Select an end date for your break
7. Click Save
8. Your pause is now active

During your break, you will not be matched for any new Coffee-Breaks, and no Coffee-Breaks will be scheduled during this period.

Ending your Coffee-Break pause

Here's how you can end an active pause so you can participate in Coffee-Breaks again. This will only cancel the pause; your participation will remain active:

1. Open the Crewting app
2. Open the settings at the bottom left
3. Select the menu item Employee Matching
4. End your active break using the delete button (trash can) on the right-hand side
5. From now on, you will be included in the next matching session again

Personal Coffee-Break settings in Microsoft Teams

You can save individual settings for each Coffee-Break campaign you participate in. A Coffee-Break campaign is, for example, a specific format or group that you participate in.

Example for multiple campaigns: You participate in a company-wide campaign and a department-internal campaign. In the company-wide campaign, you are connected with colleagues from across the organization, while in the other campaign, you are only connected with colleagues from your department.

The following settings are available for each campaign:

• Pause individual Coffee-Breaks
• Set individual Coffee-Break frequency
• Pause for a specific number of Coffee-Breaks
• Deactivate individual Coffee-Break settings

Pause individual Coffee-Breaks for a specific period of time

You can pause your participation in individual Coffee-Break campaigns at any time for a specific period of time.

1. Open the Crewting app
2. Open the Employee Matching menu item
3. Click on Edit
4. Open Your Participation
5. Under Settings for this campaign, click on Configure
6. Select Pause for a period of time
7. Set a start date for your pause below (optional)
8. Define an end date for your pause
9. Click Save
10. The pause is now active 

Pause individual Coffee-Breaks for a specific number of matching rounds

You can pause your participation in individual Coffee-Break campaigns at any time for a specific number of matching rounds.

1. Open the Crewting app.
2. Open the Employee Matching menu item.
3. Click on Edit.
4. Open Your Participation.
5. Under Settings for this campaign, click on Configure.
6. Select Pause for a number of rounds.
7. Set the number below.
8. Click Save.
9. The pause is now active.

Set a personal Coffee-Break interval

You can set a personal interval for each Coffee-Break campaign:

1. Open the Crewting app.
2. Open the Employee Matching menu item.
3. Click on Edit.
4. Open your participation.
5. Under Settings for this campaign, click on Configure.
6. Select Personal interval.
7. Set the number of matching rounds below. 
8. Click on Save.
9. Your personal interval is now activated.

Deactivate personal Coffee-Break settings

The functions “Set pause for a specific period of time,” “Set personal Coffee-Break interval,” and “Set pause for a specific number of rounds” can be deactivated again via the personal settings.

1. Open the Crewting app.
2. Open the Employee Matching menu item.
3. Click on Edit
4. Open Your Participation
5. Deactivate the corresponding setting using the Delete button (trash can) directly below your personal settings on the right-hand side
6. Your personal settings are now deactivated again

Updated on: 05/02/2026