Disable auto-syncing of Availability status with Outlook calendar
Please also allow users to turn off auto-syncing of Availability status with their Outlook calendar and other sources.
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Jeff Ginsburg
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Yes we should have option to disable this....please fix this ASAP!
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Anonymous
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Yes, please. We can manage this in Skype, but not in Teams?
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Michael Spaulding
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Need this fixed asap
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Anonymous
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Really need this to be controlled manually as well
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Anonymous
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Please add it
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Anonymous
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Come on guys - this can't be difficult to fix!
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Anonymous
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Please add control over Availability status. Automatic availability status without user control is not acceptable. This automatic status is causing calls not to go to the recipient and that is not what we want. Critical issue!!!
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Tatiana Koelmeyer
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**HELP**
Wow - 392 requests/20 pages (since March 2019) and Teams doesn't have this implemented. We really need an option to "disable automatic availability status". As an admin I send multiple daily calendar invites to clients, C-Suites and internal calls. I have to initially send them out as "busy" status so they show unavailable on the attendees calendars. The only work around is for me to go back into every single calendar invite I send and mark it as free on my end after I send it out? Thats not using the technology we have available at our finger tips, super manual work around. Pretty please, add a feature in settings where I can check "disable automatic availability status". Im not on these calls... just sending out the calendar invites. Its maddening when my team thinks Im unavailable and Im right here :(. -
Ann Williamson
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I don't know if this issue (automatically changing my status to away) is a settings problem or if it deals with Outlook integration, but it is maddening. Our company works on creative projects that involve writing and training development so we "respect" when someone is Away. The issue is I'm sitting right here and working but still Teams will show me as Away so my work team (and manager) think I'm away from the computer when I'm right here. I do have it open on my computer + iPhone + iPad just so I don't miss anything (maybe that's the issue? since I'm always "idle" somewhere) but the opposite result happens -- people are not bothering me thinking I'm busy or away and I'M RIGHT HERE. Please make this stop.
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Anonymous
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Yes, some items in the calendar are not related to me directly, so this is not helpful. Turning it off is a must.
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Anonymous
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There should definitely be an option to disable auto setting of busy.
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Anonymous
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The fact that we cannot choose to set the time before we go "idle" is a horrible design choice. Give us more control of our status
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ECT
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I agree. My Outlook calendar has a lot of items like reminders for my kids' sporting events that don't necessarily mean I am busy. They're just reminders for me, but they end up switching Teams to busy status.
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Anonymous
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Guys. I just found out it depends on if your mark yourself busy on the calendar event. It defaults to busy when you make a new calendar event. But you mark it as Free.
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Anonymous
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My boss keeps asking me why I am showing Busy and has asked I keep my status as Available as if I am not working or will not answer messages when it's red. I have to have reminders on my calendar to keep up with task but I must not appear Busy when that happens. Please give me the ability to override this!!
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Mark
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Having time blocked out in my calendar doesn't automatically mean I'm busy. Typing on my keyboard doesn't automatically mean I'm available to respond to all and sundry, just as not typing for a few minutes doesn't mean I've left the building. Please stop using Artificial Stupidity to try and second-guess what is actually happening in the outside world, real life is not dictated by what is gong on inside the computer.
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Anonymous
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Just because I am in a remote session does not mean I wan't to be marked as unavailable.
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Brian
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Users just need to be given the option for their status, it's wrong to force users to be open and transparent with their calendar. There plenty of users that don't want to show as busy, nor away for legit reasons.
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Kristijan Mihajlovski
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Please disable auto-sync of status on Teams because it shows me as busy even when I'm not due to calendar-related matters and I end up missing important notifications. Thanks.
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Anonymous
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Disable automatic availability status or away
