Allow users to customize away presence timeout
Allow users to customize away presence timeout like the options in the Skype client. Add: Show me inactive when my computer has been idle for this many minutes. Also Add: Change my status from inactive to Away after this many minutes.
Jon Orton
shared this idea
The team is currently planning for this work, we will share an update as soon as one is available.
(I apologize for the prior incorrect update – it was intended for https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/admin/v3/ideas/16958344)
Thanks.
475 comments
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Anonymous
commented
I would like this feature also. Showing me as away when I am just on a call in inactive is really annoying as it makes it look like I'm not working when I am. Also sometimes it takes several seconds before this status changes back.
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Nilesh Ratangee
commented
Please allow setting as was available in SFB
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Anonymous
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In terms of cross time zone users, I‘d require a fixed time when the status is changing to ‚away‘ and reset next morning automatically. Another way to implement this would be an API, so that I script it from outside of the app.
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Pethers
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Staff of my firm would like to see more options in the 'Clear status message after' drop-down as the options start at 1 hour and go up from there. Be nice to start at 15 mins, 30 mins, etc.
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Graeme LM
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@Michael Clark and everyone:
Heres a public URL for the update from Alex on June 04, 2021:
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16958344 -
Michael Clark
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The link in your message is for your admin area, not the public access area.
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Kristina
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Yes please, the 1 min away message is really irritating. This should be included in the other duration changes.
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SF
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So you are working it or aren't working it? Unclear from the last update and this is really silly that this cannot be changed.
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Jim
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Simply AMAZING that this feature is not available!
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Jesper Møller
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I'm amazed this has not yet been implemented... we really need this!
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Yogs
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Yes, this feature is needed.
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User124680
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Not everyone is always active in Teams. I use a second computer for testing and my status is often "inactive". My teammates think I'm not available when I actually am. The current presence should allow users to configure status time-out as needed like Skype.
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Anonymous
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I would like the option to select how long I want to be inactive before Teams auto changes from "available" to "away".
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Erin
commented
Hi Teams team, any update on this topic please? I work from home, went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and as I returned my status was already set to inactive! A bit extreme, don't you think?
Please let us customize this feature, many thanks!! -
Dimitrios.Tsouvalas
commented
this is a really basic feature. It's especially critical for remoting
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Tyjuana
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I would like the option to select how long I want to be inactive before Teams auto changes from "available" to "away".
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Taylor
commented
To add to the many comments below, it is very frustrating that this is clearly a feature that a large amount of users have requested for many years, yet nothing is being done about it?
We have been forced to migrate from Skype to Teams and it is very frustrating I seem to be moved to inactive status every 5 minutes.
How hard could this possible be to change?
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Anonymous
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Did this change recently or change for Mac OS? It seems that a few months ago the available status would stay on as long as my laptop was not in sleep mode. Now it's gotten so bad that I can be typing an email in Outlook but my Teams status shows me as "away". Very frustrating during this time of working remotely from home and other remote co-workers incorrectly think that I'm away when I'm actively working. Please fix!
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Kayla
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Surprised Teams was shipped without such a basic feature. This should have been a part of the software from the beginning.
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Anonymous
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Dear Alex It should be noted that it has been two years since this ask was requested and over a year under review. In addition there are multiple version of this request from thousands of Team users. Hard to trust this voting feature is really taken under consideration by Microsoft. I suggest you provide an update and explain why you continue to ignore your user community.
