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allow the users

a) to set a own nickname, which could be displayed when people hover over my icon

OR

b) allow me to set individual nicknames (=additional data, remarks) for a contact and show that when I hover of them

OR

c) both (a+b)

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  • Daniel Carroll commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I work with hundreds of people who have very specific jobs, and need to be able to nickname what they do.

    i.e. Amit Gourav works a very specific task, and I have hundreds of people like Amit all doing something different - I'd like to be able to change the name displayed to "Amit G - FRO IS - Mumbai". When Amit sends me a message in Teams, I can know what he does/understand the context of his commentary.

  • AAli commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    C please. I have a lot of coworkers who have nicknames but aren't displayed in Teams like they are in alias in Outlook.

  • akoch commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    oh yes, Nicknames would be realy helpfull to make it more easy especially with very long Usernames
    Option c) please

  • Christian Schäfer commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I work a lot with colleagues in the Philippines. Their names in the corporate directory are rarely the names used in verbal and written communication. Being able to set a nickname is a must.

    I could imagine the situation in the US is similar where "Goode, B. Jonathan" is likely just called "Johnny".

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    User name/nickname yes and option to only display them - eg Hide email name and ph - so not to give external users all our contact info or others in the team that are external

  • Phil Martin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes - when do we get this ability? I work with dev teams overseas, none of which go by their given name - the all have nicknames. Very difficult to remember who is who.

  • Stacy Hurt commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Would be really good for global teams - especially in countries where people generally don't use their given name (e.g. Philippines)

  • Matt commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    100% needed, especially for External contacts, which may not have metadata available to display their full name.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Seriously, disliking our move to Teams, it's doing far too much for one product and it can't even get the basics right around things like nicknames.

    Feedback active on this topic since 2017? - I don't think this is going to get priority.

  • Mike commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add the ability for users to create nicknames for there colleagues, friends and teammates. My team is global and we just switched over to MS Teams. Please add this functionality it’s such an easy add on.

  • MattC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agreed. The current implementation looks awful.. we're seeing this kind of format..

    Last Name, First Name (Company Name)

  • Charles (Chuck) Anderson commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please give us the ability to set own nickname, which could be displayed when people hover over my icon or allow me to set individual nicknames (=additional data, remarks) for a contact and show that when I hover over them

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