Use same presence as Skype for Business
Angela Sze
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Good news. The feature, Unified Presence (aka same presence as Skype for business) is rolling out.
The feature update has started rolling out to customers.
PLEASE NOTE: Not everyone will receive the update at the same time.
You can read more about the March releases on the Teams Blog – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/What-s-new-in-Microsoft-Teams-April-update/ba-p/179801
Thank you very much for all your feedback.
-Warren
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Cameron P
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This is a problem for us as well. It shows people as 'Busy' even when they are actively using not only their computer, but the Teams application itself.
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Wojtek
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I am disapointed with presence indicator in Teams. IT does not show actual user status most od the time.
We ara considering dropping Teams as people started questioning reliability od the tool. -
Anonymous
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Microsoft has opted the whole organization to use Microsoft Teams. The migration of contacts was great but presence are not visible for people outside the organization. It has been working with Skype, it would be better if Microsoft Teams works the same too.
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Anonymous
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Really happy with the direction Teams is heading - Just need to know if there is a mechanism to change presence commentary (as was the case in SfB)
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Scott Francis
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Pankaj
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Presence Issues doesn't get synched across from Skype for Business Online user to it's Teams App. Any changes on Teams reflects on the Skype almost instantly but any changes made on the Skype for Business client side may take upto 5 minutes and sometime may not reflect the updates status at all. It needs to be consistent.
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Scott Francis
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Allow users to offer their presence of choice while keeping the Out of Office indicator persistent.
Users may have special projects / exceptions / reasons that require them to temporarily login and publish their status, while otherwise not in the office.
In Skype, a user can login and show available for a quick interval - without having to disable their Out of Office in order to extend that presence.
This dual context would be useful in Teams. -
Andrew Gold
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From a user who has been using Skype for Business for the past 3+ years, the sole fact we still don't have some basic features in Teams such as Tagging users for Status Changes is an issue. I have taken a look at the Roadmap for Teams & I do not see this feature anywhere.
How many of us use Tagging to keep track of presence?
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Jacob Andersson
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Any new info here as we are approaching mid-April now...?
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Ray
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We are now over a week into Q2 and we still don't have an update here even with a new expectation being set and that's honestly kind of a joke considering how important this feature is for companies to take this seriously. Without this feature this is nearly a completely useless tool to me.
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Trent
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We are in Q2 now - when is this going to happen?
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Steve Whitcher
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I assume at this point that the targeted Q1 launch is not going to happen? How about a status update and maybe a new ETA?
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Alan H
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Hi Warren... I can't see the exact details but does this mean that you will be able to in Teams put in a Custom message to indicate where you are at ? are we any closer in knowing if it will be out the door. We are 2 weeks away from the finish of Q1 2018
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Stuart Anderson
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Has unified presence been released? Microsoft Teams appears to be picking up my presence today.
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Dave Elerick
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great news, thank you!.
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Simon
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The status display when viewing a user in Teams would be useful, removing the need to click on their name to find out what the red dot is (either busy or actually in a call)
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Anonymous
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Once you get this fixed, it would be nice to have the status display in the To: line when you are typing their name. Currently, you have to select them and then mouse over their name to see the status.
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Justin
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This function is available in Skype for business. As you will be using teams to replace Skype for this function is a must for Teams.
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Justin
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Teams is designed to help us communicate and spend less time on emails, without the option of being able to set an out off office means delays in projects being completed and people moving back to emails, which reduces collaboration within an organisation. This should be a easy fix yet have a massive impact on people using this tool.
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Anonymous
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Now if only Do Not Disturb could be set in outlook appointments and then show up in Skype and Teams.