More status options, custom status, and Out of Office

MORE STATUS
I like the status options in S4B, and so does my boss. It will be important to my boss before accepting the use of MS Teams widely to have a broader range of statuses. Missing statuses are:
* In a meeting
* In a conference call
* In a call
* Presenting
* Be right back
* Off Work

Particularly of importance are "Be right back" and "off work". "Do not disturb" is probably sufficient for "in a meeting", "in a call" and "presenting". But, it sure is nice that S4B auto-detects those three statuses (for the most part).

CUSTOM STATUS
Would like to create a custom status option, such as an out-of-office message.

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Sean M shared this idea · November 04, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · August 06, 2018

This request is still queued within our backlog. No new details yet.
-Warren

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on the backlog ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · June 21, 2018

This item has moved to the backlog due to a priority shift.

However “Out of Office” messages are available but currently need to be set in Outlook which then will show up in Teams as well.

I’ll post more updates as I get more feedback from the feature team.

-Warren

working on it ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · March 01, 2018

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

This item ties into the S4B convergence. 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

working on it ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · January 31, 2018

The additional choices (similar to what you see in SfB) will be available as we work on the SfB convergence.

Custom “Notes” that give details will be coming as well, though I don’t have a release timeline for that. Notes will be similar to the notes you can use for SfB. An example would be, your Status may be marked as “Out of Office” and your Note could be a custom message such as “On vacation until September 1st”.

Custom Status will being coming eventually, though I have no timeline for that. But Custom Status values would be controlled by your Administrators.

Thank you for all your feedback.
-Warren

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AdminSuphatra (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · October 18, 2017

I just tried out this new feature in our internal rings — it is super cool! Hoping it passes validation easily. Will let you know as it nears shipping.

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Anonymous commented · August 14, 2018 15:31 · Flag as inappropriate

WHY is this on the backlog? It's basic functionality in Skype for Business. No one in our company knows what's going on anymore, and half the time the status is inaccurate and shows someone as active when they aren't!
Anonymous commented · August 10, 2018 06:53 · Flag as inappropriate

How is ms teams and s4b so far behind other collaboration tools for basic features like custome stays messages. Slack is vastly better for communication
Anonymous commented · August 09, 2018 13:58 · Flag as inappropriate

Add Lunch
Anonymous commented · July 26, 2018 09:35 · Flag as inappropriate

+1 for Custom Status! #customstatus
Anonymous commented · July 26, 2018 03:06 · Flag as inappropriate

just need a blanck bar to type in a costum status.
-at home
-in building x
-.....
Dan commented · July 17, 2018 09:50 · Flag as inappropriate

We need custom statuses as well. We are replacing S4B with Teams, and we rely on the custom status field for all sorts of information. Don't overthink it, just give us a blank field to type in.
Scott Francis commented · July 05, 2018 12:04 · Flag as inappropriate

Hoping that 'more options' includes this: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/34755928-separate-out-of-office-status-from-presence-like
Anonymous commented · June 21, 2018 05:12 · Flag as inappropriate

we would like to be able to add custom messages as well like the status = green ( in office) but we can add a tag line like working remote.

or status= away and we can add tag line like on vacation until 1-20-2099
Richard Chalmers commented · June 18, 2018 04:15 · Flag as inappropriate

Needs a "Working from Home" status for partially remote teams
Wayne commented · June 13, 2018 11:56 · Flag as inappropriate

wow, this seems to be rocket science. a custom status. or to make it more simple just like the TO suggested: add more static ones. I can't believe that simple things like that are still not available....
Justyn Davidson commented · May 07, 2018 08:21 · Flag as inappropriate

Although the "Same Presence as Skype for Business" item is "Completed" there has been no change to the functionality that I can see. Does anyone see a difference?

And why would that one be completed while this one is open? They are effectively saying the same thing.

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16911091-use-same-presence-as-skype-for-business
Jenn Carr commented · May 02, 2018 10:54 · Flag as inappropriate

Q1 is now come to an end. Several of the features reports like this one are still out. When can we expect some of this?
Mitch Etter commented · April 23, 2018 06:31 · Flag as inappropriate

The only thing I miss from S4B is that automatically updated my status whether I was in the office or working remote
Matt Noggle commented · April 10, 2018 06:10 · Flag as inappropriate

I surely hope it includes these two features:

1. Short Description: used to communicate status in an short/easy to consume manner
2. Emoji: provides visual indicators to users attempting to contact you (example: I use an airplane to indicate that I'm traveling).
Ken commented · April 08, 2018 09:33 · Flag as inappropriate

Also a short text field where I can type in a descriptive status would be handy. Lacking this is making transition from Slack hard.
Mike Meluso commented · April 07, 2018 08:35 · Flag as inappropriate

Thanks for the update Warren. Not to be that guy, but do you have any updates since we're a week into Q2? My higher ups consider this an essential feature for them to go all-in on Teams over S4B.
Darwin commented · March 12, 2018 13:05 · Flag as inappropriate

"Traveling - Chat Only" - meaning you can text me - but not voice or video.
Janne Kujanpää commented · March 01, 2018 22:41 · Flag as inappropriate

Also fully custom status options missing. E.g. "remote work, ETA xx:yy"
Jan Brooks commented · February 15, 2018 07:45 · Flag as inappropriate

I completely agree - I'm a remote employee and that status shows my boss a lot more than I'm online. That alone will keep me using Jabber. I'm sad to see this was suggested in October of 2017 and hasn't been changed.
Simon Hatfield commented · February 09, 2018 21:04 · Flag as inappropriate

Both of these features would be extremely useful at my company