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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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  • 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

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    nicknames is required, full names is just stupid and confusing - this makes teams unusable compared to Slack

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