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Request to implement presence privacy mode

I would request to implement presence privacy mode in Microsoft Teams same as Skype for Business.
Because I would like to prevent junior employees from seeing executive/senior members’ presence information when they search staff information.

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  • Trish commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add the function to hide or limit presence from users who are outside of the organization. Anyone with our email address in Teams can see our user status.

  • ShaunLZ commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Now everyone is being forced to move to Teams. About time sales staff had some privacy from their customers.

  • Shane commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I have execs at our organization that are requesting this feature as well, any idea when we might see this?

  • Bob Harris commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    March 2020 now and Presence privacy mode is still not implemented. Anyone know if there is any timeframe?

  • Matthias D.N. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This feature is especially important for the German market. Here there are workers' councils that can completely stop the rollout of teams if such functions are not available.

  • Saksham Minocha commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add. I am surprised that existing skype features have not been ported to teams. Skype has the feature to stop sharing presence information to people outside your contact list. This is also a privacy violation because regulations see this as a form of “supervision” as well!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It is very helpful to not get constant interruptions when in the middle of a project or when there is an excessive amount of tickets to be processed

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Having DND would assist with being able to work on a project without being interrupted. This would allow me to focus on the task at hand and would assist with avoiding human error.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There are times when I am working on reports or audits and cannot be disturbed for a specific period of time. However, I do not want to look as if I'm away or offline. Having the DND feature would be great.

  • Mark Garza commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Starting to get increase in requests from Executive Staff and line employees as we are beginning our transition to Teams Only Mode.

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