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.
Sean M
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This request is still queued within our backlog. No new details yet.
-Warren
241 comments
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A McPherson
commented
I think this has all been done.
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Ed
commented
Any updates as to when this will be back on the "Working on it" again?
Geez it was requested in 2016 and now we are in 2020. Other collab tools that didn't have custom statuses have already implemented in shorter time or even new callab tools have been created since 2016 with those features.
If you fix and add custom statuses by user AND HIDE that CONTROL BAR when on a share screen you all will be ROCKSTARS for us all.
UGH! Love me some TEAMS but those things are the 2 thorns in my side as they are for many other users. I just use Zoom for now.
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Anonymous
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When you have a phone system next to teams, it needs to show not disturb. Or when you are not working (day off), it needs to show you offline eventhough you use your device for personal use...
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Anonymous
commented
How can this be so long overdue? This should be bumped up with COVID-19 and the numbers of remote workers
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Darin B
commented
As others have said, we need the ability to change status to working out of office. Beyond that, it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to just give admins the ability to create custom status options so each organization can create what works for them. Please implement ASAP
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bec
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pointless if you can't see status at a glance of the whole team anyway
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Paul Elias
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In light of COVID-19 - would be good to have the options
- In Office
- Working from Home OR
- Working Away From OfficeThe Status Message can cope for all the other types of being Busy and reason why.
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Ashish
commented
In wake of COVID-19, please add Work from Home as one of the status options ASAP. Our team members work in different time frames and we barely know now when they would be able to work remotely or physically be at work.
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Anonymous
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Can we apply the auto response to Teams
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mitch
commented
3,000 upvotes and been on backlog since mid 2018? cmon microsoft !
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Daniel Andrea
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Really could use the custom statuses, not just a status message with limited options like it has now. Plus, it would be nice to be able to set a separate status on a mobile device that is secondary to the PC app. Currently the mobile status always shows Available for me, but if I change it, it affects the PC app. Would prefer the PC app to override the status while the mobile app maintains it's own status in the background. That way I can set a custom status on mobile so I don't get interrupted while driving home! Not using a mobile device while driving is big in my company for safety, since it is a trucking company. :-)
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Kathy McLees
commented
Please add custom presence option - "Available, Out of Office" so we can see that our staff are working remotely or a custom presence that we can define internally for that purpose.
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Xec
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How to set Out-of-Office Automatic status popup in MS Teams APP??
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Xec
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Is there any way to remotely logout from MS teams APP if it has previously logged into one device ??
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Allan Rogers
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not only did Skype for business have this ability for user customizable statues, so did ancient Lotus Sametime which was a far superior "Chat tool"
Status is meant as a communication to others, and w/o user customizable options (or suboptions ), microsoft is saying/ supposing that all that is needed to communicate is this short list we came up with. As this post is showing, this level of communication is nearly worthless, and between custom options, available suboptions, and comment field , much is needed.
Suboptions could be availalble such as if choosing busy you could put 'in meeting" , "presenting", Busy busy will take chat msg". "No chat- send email". etc. since Do not disturb is separate, how busy/ interuptable someone is, has a much wider range. Also being able to list temporary contact info for mobile users, such as phone at location where they are working is needed. -
Darryl Lang
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Just another feature that Skype for Business had and Teams is missing ... organization configurable statuses. Unfortunate that Skype for Business isn't available for new accounts anymore... so many simple but useful features still missing.
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Shalini
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Can We have Reply Options in Team for desktop app. I can't reply to specific message in chat by using desktop app, as of now Reply Option is only with Teams channel. Same feature i can use in Mobile app just by dragging specific message which i would like to reply.
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Jan
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* In a meeting
* In a conference call
* In a call
* Presenting
* Be right back
* Off Work or Done for the day
* Lunch
* Out of Office -
Nick Hurst
commented
It undermines Microsoft's effort to get people to submit or vote on ideas on uservoice when a year and half go by with no updates on a request. Especially for an idea that seems like it would be relatively simple to implement and would make a big difference for many organizations.
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Michelle Gable
commented
Not to mention "I'm getting coffee" or "I literally just can't right now"