Now that Microsoft Teams seems to have taken over a lot of companies, people expect to know when it is enabled or not. Set up a custom status message so your colleagues know what you are doing.
One way to let your coworkers know that you are busy is by setting a status, that works when in meetings or set to Do not disturb. Despite this, it doesn't work as well if your status is a bit more ambiguous, What “Absent” O “Appear offline”.
For more specific information, Microsoft Teams can display a written status message. If you are truly out of the office, Teams will pick up your Out of Office message (OOO) from Microsoft Outlook and will show it when someone sends you a message in a chat.
Your OOO message will be visible in Teams if you click on your profile picture or avatar. Hover over the message to display a tooltip with the entire message if it is too long to read on the screen.
But you can also configure a status message manually.
Click on your profile icon and then select “Determine status message”.
Enter your status message, active “Show when people send me a message”, set a time for the status message to end and then click “Ready”.
Your message will now show every time someone messages or mentions you. This will show regardless of your Microsoft Teams status and will show (and Microsoft Teams) instead of your Outlook OOO message.
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