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Angela Sze shared this idea · Nov 1, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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Warren responded · Apr 10, 2018

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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Warren responded · Mar 1, 2018

No new updates, we are still working away on this.

The unified presence is getting closer to release! It is still in development and planning to launch in Q1 of 2018! (The Office 365 Roadmap can be found at: https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-roadmap?featureid=24191#abc )

I’ll keep you posted as more information is shared!
-Warren

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Warren responded · Jan 31, 2018

When unified presence ships users will then have an aggregated presence across both Teams and Skype for Business. This means that if you answer a call on Teams, your status will be “In a call” both in Teams as well as in Skype for Business. These scenarios will also work the other way (if you take a call or start presenting from Skype for Business). There is no requirement for you to run both clients – this simply makes the presence more accurate for those who do happen to run both clients simultaneously.

This update will also bring Teams presence calculation more in line with the Skype for Business logic you may be used to, meaning that your presence will stay “Available” while you are active on your machine even if you are not active in the Teams app itself.

I’ll keep you posted as more information is shared!
-Warren

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Warren responded · Nov 22, 2017

I have some great news to deliver!
Soon we will be sharing with you the ability of a unified presence! When you click upon your portrait in Teams you will be able to set your status and see it reflected SfB. It doesn’t matter which client is being used (SfB or Teams) they share presence!
Also, when a meeting starts feedback from Exchange will switch your presence to “busy” for your meeting.
Look for this early in the new calendar year! -Warren

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Suphatra responded · Oct 24, 2017

HI again, and thanks for your patience in between updates for this request. I know it’s been a while since I wrote.

Last month we shared how Skype for Business will converge into Microsoft Teams. This week, we’ve shared some more information on exactly what features will come over. This one is one that we’ve been actively working on.

For more information on the roadmap, see the blog post here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Roadmap-for-Skype-for-Business-capabilities-coming-to-Microsoft/ba-p/119636

And the roadmap PPT here: https://skypeandteams.blob.core.windows.net/artefacts/Skype%20for%20Business%20to%20Teams%20Capabilities%20Roadmap.pdf

I’m trying to get an exact ETA on this feature’s ship date from the team — I haven’t secured it yet. But it is expected soon, so I’ll hopefully be posting good news soon.

Thanks again for your patience, and most of all your support.

Sincerely,
Suphatra

Twitter: @skprufo

working on it ·

Suphatra responded · Apr 28, 2017

Start off your weekend with good news: we’re working on this!

Thanks to everyone who brought this feature to the forefront and shared feedback on their use case scenario. Very helpful!

I wrote some more product updates on today’s Teams blog in my weekly column, “Weekend Reading” —
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Weekend-Reading-3/ba-p/65897

Cheers,
Suphatra

needs your feedback ·

Suphatra responded · Mar 23, 2017

Hi everyone, I need some help from you on this. Can you add to the conversation thread on UserVoice —

What is more important to you, having the presence be different (i.e. reflect your machine activity and not just your Teams activity) or having it be synchronous to Skype for Business?

Why are you using Skype for Business and Teams at the same time? (I’m not being facetious, this is an actual user research question so I can understand your use case/scenario.)

Thank you for your help. The more info I have, the better I can represent your voice to engineering!

Sincerely,
Suphatra
Microsoft Teams

under review ·

Suphatra responded · Feb 3, 2017

Thanks everyone for this feedback. This is under review. Please continue to give us your ideas on this topic!

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Henry C commented · November 4, 2016 4:11 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Having been hugely impressed by Teams so far, I would support the winding down of SfB.
Migrate the functionality, do Teams video calls on the mobile apps, and do away with the traditional Skype client. This is far nicer.
glblinck@microsoft.com commented · November 4, 2016 9:54 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I agree with edev on this. The functions of the SfB client should be moved to Teams. This would give one place for chat/voice/video and eliminate a lot of duplication between the clients.
Anonymous commented · November 4, 2016 9:51 AM · Flag as inappropriate

And currently I show as "away" if the client is minimized for too long. If it followed the same behavior as Skype for Business that would be super useful
Anonymous commented · November 4, 2016 9:50 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This would greatly improve our workflow!
Ben commented · November 4, 2016 8:20 AM · Flag as inappropriate

If I am at my computer working in other applications, Teams should not mark me as "Away". I'm very much NOT "Away". Base the Away status on computer idle (as in, actually away-from-keyboard).

(A customizable Away time setting would be nice, too)
Anonymous commented · November 4, 2016 3:28 AM · Flag as inappropriate

The integration between the two doesn't seem to extend as far as presence. During a Skype 4 Business conference call, you show as "In A Conference Call" on Skype and available on "Teams".
Karin Løkke commented · November 4, 2016 1:04 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This have to be fixed or it is just like a new Yammer channel!
Aaron Dang commented · November 3, 2016 4:05 PM · Flag as inappropriate

yes please I hate being signed on to a million separate programs. Let me knock out skype with msft teams
Justin King commented · November 3, 2016 12:11 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Let's be honest: this is largely yammer 2.0 and I expect when this goes live to see an active push to get people off of yammer.

Few more tweaks and you could say the same of Skype, really.
Steven Martin commented · November 3, 2016 10:36 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Glad to see this topic being addressed. In addition to Skype for Business (old Lync) we now have Yammer messaging/newsgroups and TFS Team Chat as well. What is the Microsoft plan to consolidate all this Yammer-like conversations into one storage/knowledge retention facility?
Kyle commented · November 3, 2016 9:03 AM · Flag as inappropriate

When I lock my WIndows 7 computer, my Teams client is still thinking it is 'active' because I am not getting any notifications on my phone. Locking my computer should be a clear indication that I am no longer 'active' there.
Eric commented · November 3, 2016 8:25 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Allow for custom presences like Demo , Client call, Lunch, whatever status as you can set through the registry for Skype for Business with a text file. The built in option would be best, but the registry with text file works as well.
Garry commented · November 3, 2016 8:20 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Great we can manually set our availability but if we're using Teams and it's set to Available, it times out way too quick when switching to another app quickly to do something else.

Would be good to keep the availability settings fixed when set manually (as in, if I choose Available, it should stay that way until I either close Teams or switch to another status) or if it has to automatically switch to Away after a period of inactivity then let us specify a time period (15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour etc) before doing so.

I had a few instances where colleagues emailed me because they thought I was literally away when all it was I was doing something else with Teams still running.
Anton Pettersson commented · November 3, 2016 5:56 AM · Flag as inappropriate

What does it mean? Being able to send/receive messages to/from Skype users?
Django commented · November 3, 2016 5:07 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Must have =D
Gautier commented · November 3, 2016 4:21 AM · Flag as inappropriate

First things that came to my mind....
Andy Bocko commented · November 2, 2016 10:28 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Deeper integration is a must in all Office apps. Teams should show up in SfB client. I don't want to have 2 IM/chat experiences from 1 vendor.
Charles Wallace commented · November 2, 2016 7:57 PM · Flag as inappropriate

I believe integration with Skype for Business is certainly needed .... unless you are planning to move all of the features from Skype for Business (specifically voice features and meeting functions) into Teams.
edev commented · November 2, 2016 6:53 PM · Flag as inappropriate

I disagree. The goal should be to flush skype for business as fast as possible and any extra work that might delay Teams deployment or keep skype for b around longer is a bad idea and a waste of development. Its time for lync to be put to sleep.
Joerg Hochwald commented · November 2, 2016 2:41 PM · Flag as inappropriate

A must have, in my opinion