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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This request is still queued within our backlog. No new details yet.
-Warren
210 comments
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Andrew
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Not sure if this the same idea or a new one, but it would be great if you would expose user presence status via the API.
For example, I use RescueTime to 'Start FocusTime'. Using Zapier, I could automatically update my slack status to 'do not disturb'
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Brandon
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Also, give us the ability to set a custom time for statuses.
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Dan Algarin
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The statuses that are currently available are woefully inadequate. The fact that "Be Right Back", "Off Work", and "Away" all use the same icon really reduces the usefulness of these statuses.
Personally I think very detailed statuses aren't all that useful. I don't really need to know WHY you are busy (call, meeting, dnd, etc) but I do need to know if you are online, offline, busy, away, or off.I think having very basic statuses with clearly defined and distinguishable icons is enough. For example:
Available - Signed in, active, and not currently scheduled for anything
Busy/DND - In the middle of something or have something scheduled and may not respond promptly
Away/Idle - I haven't touched my computer in 15 minutes so don't expect a quick response
Offline - Not even signed in so don't expect a response
Off/Vacation - I am technically "off", but signed in. If it's not on fire, don't expect a response
Remote/WFH - Same as available but not physically in the officeThe only one that I view as questionable is the "Remote/WFH". But as someone who works from home half the week (not fixed schedule), it's nice to be able to head off the daily half dozen "are you in the office today" messages or prevent co-workers from wasting their time dropping by for a quick in person discussion only to find you are not in the office that day.
Some might question the Off/Vacation, however with mobile devices people are rarely going to actually be offline. When people see you online but not responding they tend to get miffed; at least if they see I am off they know that if it is really important they should call. The integrated OOF might cover this, however a status/icon is still needed and might as well be available to manually select. Personally I never use OOF, but then again I still tend to reveiw all my emails when off, respond to the urgeant ones, and leave the rest for when I return. But chat has an immediacy that email does not, even for the casual message, so the off/vaction status is important for the chat client.
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Anonymous
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How is this still not a thing?
HOW IS OUT OF OFFICE, OFF WORK NOT A FKING THING IN THIS PROGRAM? WHY DO YOU NEED TO DO 10 STEPS JUST TO SETUP OOO. ADD THE FKING FEATURE!
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Mike
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2.4k votes and it's a backlog?
At least add 'out of office' or the ability for admins to create custom entries for status updates that users can select - since some organizations might want different terms.
Some statuses can't even be manually selected like 'in a call' when in an active Teams meeting. That would also be useful
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Oz
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@Warren / Microsoft - 11 months since the last update, what's the latest please. This feature would make managing our entirely remote workforce MUCH easier so it would be great to hear that you're working on it.
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Ting Ting
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Would love an Available - Remote or Available - Out of Office status for days when working remotely.
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Rahul Kumar
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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 meetingThank you!
Rahul Kumar -
Jim Hursh
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update?
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Paresh
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Is there any update on it?
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Gail Stewart
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Could an Available-Remote status be available with a specific icon so team mates would know that your are working remotely ?
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Martijn
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@Warren, any update that you can share with us?
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ThatGuyAgain
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@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.
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Simon Hunter
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I can see there are status messages now on windows and web...but nothing on Android??
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Martijn
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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.
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Dan Jones
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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.
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Charles Bitter
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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)
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sarah
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Please add the ability to put emojis into your status.
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Mark Helotie
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Also the ability to appear OFFLINE. (like we hacked in SfB)
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Hany
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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.