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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Warren responded · August 06, 2018

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

Warren 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

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Warren 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 ·

Warren 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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Suphatra 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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Absoblogginlutely commented · February 14, 2019 09:24 · Flag as inappropriate

Looks like the status option is showing up now. Select your username and you can update the status and the nice thing is you can set it for a timed period. No documentation on how to update this with an api though. Not sure how you see someone elses status though
sckl commented · February 14, 2019 07:09 · Flag as inappropriate

when will the status message be available for android/iOS?
Bob commented · February 07, 2019 13:27 · Flag as inappropriate

How is this this not an option yet? This has got to be the easiest option to add into Teams.
Patrick Haney commented · February 06, 2019 07:56 · Flag as inappropriate

One other note: Slack displays your custom status emoji next to your name in chat, and in the user list, along with the colored dot for your online/offline status. Maybe that's the best of both worlds, especially since Teams can set you away or offline automatically based on your usage of the app and your device.
Patrick Haney commented · February 06, 2019 07:48 · Flag as inappropriate

Custom statuses are implemented as of version 1.2.00.1758 (current version is 1.2.00.1761), but they're not that useful. The custom status you enter is only shown if you hover over a user's avatar. Instead, we need a replacement of the green checkmark, red busy, yellow clock, etc. that overlays the user avatar. We should be able to see someone's actual status with a quick glance.

This becomes especially important for those of us who work from home sometimes. If someone is looking for me in the office and they see a green checkmark because I'm "available", they're confused when they can't find me because I'm "available" from home. Also, what if I run out for lunch quick? Or have a meeting?

Slack implements this incredibly well, have a look for inspiration.
Fred Y commented · February 05, 2019 16:03 · Flag as inappropriate

Now rolled out in v1.2.00.1758 (confirmed as of Feb. 5, 2019).

As a follow-up, it would be nice to have an option to Reset the status into one of the dropdown option after the time expires.
Anonymous commented · February 05, 2019 07:44 · Flag as inappropriate

Are there any updates to this request. I am still seeing end users looking for the ability to customize their status messages as we had in Skype for Business.
Anonymous commented · January 31, 2019 11:08 · Flag as inappropriate

BRUH! I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO PUT A WITTY QUOTE IN MY STATUS FIELD? THAT IS SO NOT CHILL. POSSIBLY THE LEAST CHILL THING TO HAPPEN AT WORK SINCE ADOPTING TEAMS.
Scott commented · January 31, 2019 07:35 · Flag as inappropriate

Yes a custom status would be very helpful. I got use the feature in Skype and now can't not inform team members of what I would be working on at that point in time.
Anonymous commented · January 30, 2019 10:44 · Flag as inappropriate

Any updates on this yet? This is a crucial piece we are missing from vs S4B.
Mike commented · January 29, 2019 08:43 · Flag as inappropriate

How is this not already implemented? It's almost as if team chat applications are a new thing.
steven neumann commented · January 25, 2019 10:52 · Flag as inappropriate

you should be able to free hand type a status... like Skype. i add 1 everyday.. for example:
1/25 wfh... unavailable after 2:00
McKell Farrer Hartle commented · January 25, 2019 08:00 · Flag as inappropriate

We need a custom message status PLEASE!!!! Very frustrating
Anonymous commented · January 18, 2019 09:47 · Flag as inappropriate

Custom status message is essential especially with remote teams or heavy travelers. Also, as was pointed out in other comments, hard to do without this when other apps, including Skype, have this.
Gavin commented · January 16, 2019 19:22 · Flag as inappropriate

Not having this is a big reason to hold back switching over from S4B
Anonymous commented · January 11, 2019 10:01 · Flag as inappropriate

For those of us migrating from use of Skype to Teams, this is must-have.
Eugene commented · January 11, 2019 08:01 · Flag as inappropriate

This is basic functionality for any chat/messaging systems, and very useful to have custom statuses and this can be used as "office presence" board. Must be synced with Outlook calendar to reflect out of office, holidays, or vacations statuses. Or custom override.
Andrey commented · January 09, 2019 10:38 · Flag as inappropriate

In SFB We utilize a lot the presence feature like "What's happening today?". We will need it in Teams. Our workers are so accustomed to this feature that I hesitating to implement Teams whithout it.
Anonymous commented · January 07, 2019 09:10 · Flag as inappropriate

We are looking for a custom status so that users can update their status.
Leonard Helms commented · January 04, 2019 15:01 · Flag as inappropriate

when might we get that "off work" status for teams?