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 · Nov 4, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · Aug 6, 2018

This request is still queued within our backlog. No new details yet.
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on the backlog ·

Warren responded · Jun 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

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Warren responded · Mar 1, 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

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Warren responded · Jan 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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Suphatra responded · Oct 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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Suphatra responded · Mar 9, 2017

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Ting Ting commented · July 12, 2019 10:55 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Would love an Available - Remote or Available - Out of Office status for days when working remotely.
Rahul Kumar commented · July 11, 2019 6:43 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Warren,

Could you please update the progress on this request. Everyone is expecting an update from you as we are started using MS Teams.

We really need the below status to be added ASAP as the other S4B presence status are added already.

* Off Work
* In a meeting

Thank you!
Rahul Kumar
Jim Hursh commented · June 14, 2019 5:55 AM · Flag as inappropriate

update?
Paresh commented · June 13, 2019 11:44 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Is there any update on it?
Gail Stewart commented · June 4, 2019 8:59 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Could an Available-Remote status be available with a specific icon so team mates would know that your are working remotely ?
Martijn commented · May 31, 2019 6:29 AM · Flag as inappropriate

@Warren, any update that you can share with us?
Matthew Frahm commented · May 17, 2019 7:09 AM · Flag as inappropriate

@Simon Hunter, this is what I'm seeing as well. Does iOS have status messages? I like the status message capability in desktop, but for it to be truly useful, we also need it on mobile.
Simon Hunter commented · May 15, 2019 3:10 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I can see there are status messages now on windows and web...but nothing on Android??
Martijn commented · May 14, 2019 12:57 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Also the ability to not receive incoming calls, when status is set to Out of Office, based on calendar events. Integration with Outlook needs, major, attention in my opinion.
Dan Jones commented · May 1, 2019 5:55 AM · Flag as inappropriate

The Away status is not reliably detecting when someone is away. We also can't find an option to configure the amount of time before switching to away, in the way that you could be S4B.
Charles Bitter commented · April 10, 2019 4:55 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Copy what Slack has done for Status. It's easy and makes sense. (custom, with some canned statuses that the admin can set, and it supports emojis (built in and custom emojis) Then have the status next to your name in chat. ie. Charles (small sub script, stuats)
sarah commented · April 2, 2019 10:41 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Please add the ability to put emojis into your status.
Mark Helotie commented · March 30, 2019 1:36 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Also the ability to appear OFFLINE. (like we hacked in SfB)
Hany commented · March 24, 2019 4:40 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Not sure if this should be a new suggestion. The status should actually affect how the Teams client works. Especially with Call Queues. Currently, if I am presenting, I still get calls to my client; which has long been in SfB.
Anonymous commented · March 22, 2019 3:24 AM · Flag as inappropriate

A vote for a working from home/offsite status as i am available online/call but not physically. Outlook has 'working elsewhere' which could be communicated as for this purpose if available in Teams.
Liana R commented · March 20, 2019 9:42 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I'd love it to remember my custom status - I work remotely two days and provide a cell number, then I'm back in the office - but I have to keep resetting my 'custom' status every day to indicate which location/how to get hold of me.

Jabber used to 'see' my location when I was at my remote work location and I could have a custom message to say I was remote that it remembered and set for me when I was there. When I came back in to the office, it would automatically turn off that status.
Absoblogginlutely commented · March 19, 2019 7:08 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Looks like this is getting there - you can now see the status message of someone by hovering over their account picture in chat or in the contact list.
However, I can't find any documentation on how to set this via the api
Anyone know how to do this?
Rinat commented · March 15, 2019 12:39 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Would be good if we can add custom statuses
Farmer commented · March 12, 2019 4:17 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Any other options besides:

"Online"
"Busy"
"Do-not-disturb"
" ???? "
Brian McFadden commented · March 6, 2019 11:13 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I would like to see a Working From Home status