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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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  • Ryan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    When creating a new appointment in Outlook, if you change the show as: from Busy to Free, Microsoft Teams and other chat platforms will show you as available. I have been using the Outlook Calendar for years and this works just fine. I've used this with Microsoft Lync, Cisco Jabber, and Microsoft Teams and I get the same result.

  • Andy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Users and/or Administrators should be able to choose if the teams status is bound / attached to calendar events in Outlook. This definitely needs to be configurable.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please make this happen! I am constantly dealing with my availability in Teams changing to busy and it is terribly frustrating!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a must-have!!! I do not understand why Teams does not offer the flexibility provided in Skype. Definitely a giant step backward in my opinion. There are so many things that make Teams a huge disappointment to me and those I work with.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agreed. I'm constantly displayed as busy when I'm not, all related to calendar entries.

  • Conleth commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be great if the user was able to control whether this updated automatically based on their outlook calendar and also if they are on a call or not in teams or skype for business.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    PLEASE provide a fix to un-sync our Availability Status in Teams from our Outlook Calendars. This is ridiculous, I have "appts" booked all day in my calendar to keep organized for work - it doesn't mean I'm "busy" and can't accept Team Messages!?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We need this! As admins we book meetings for other people and have to send the invites from our calendar so our calendars always looks busy which means we always look not available on Teams and have to constantly remember to keep changing our status to available throughout the day. Skype for Business allowed this, really should have been part of the teams roll out too.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is displaying incorrect information. While working on another PC, my account switches to "Away". Please look into this and allow the user to control the setting. I'm sure this is a concern not only for employees in which this makes us look bad, but delays the flow of information in a company.
    Needs immediate attention.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Is there any update to this? Given the amount of requests to grant users the choice to sync their status with Outlook calendar, I'm surprised Microsoft has not issued an update, or even a response. Please help!

  • Ilia commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Why make status selection an option in Teams if, when you click it, it has no effect? It should at least be marked as disabled.

  • Dan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please can you make it a user choice if the 'Status' should be linked to the calendar. Thanks

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