Availability in Microsoft Teams

How to change your availability status in Microsoft Teams:

1. In the upper right cornet of your Teams application, click on your profile picture.

2. Once you’ve clicked your profile picture, you will be able to select        the drop-down menu shown below to adjust your status.

Description of each status:

Available 

• When you’re active in Teams and don’t have anything in your calendar (no meetings or calls, for example). Note that Teams will automatically set your status from Available to Away when you lock your computer or when it enters idle or sleep mode. On mobile, this will happen when the Teams app is in the background.

Busy

• When you want to focus on something, and you do want notifications to pop up.  If you’re in a meeting or call, Teams will automatically change your status to In a meeting or In a call (Busy) when not set to Do not disturb.

Do not disturb 

• When you want to focus or present your screen and don’t want notifications to pop up.

Be right back

• When you want to say you’re temporarily away. It’s never set automatically.

Appear away

• When you need to work without responding right away.

Appear offline 

• When you want to indicate that you’re not signed in to Teams, so will not be responding until you’re back online. You’ll still receive notifications if anyone messages you.

Set a duration for your status

When you want to change your status for a specific period of time—for example, to set “Do not disturb” for an hour of concentrated work—you can set a duration so that Teams will automatically reset your status at the end of the allotted time.

1. Select your profile picture, select your current status, and then select Duration.

1. Under Status, select the status you want to show going forward.

1. Under Reset status after, select the amount of time you want that status to last.

If none of the suggested time frames work for you, select Custom under Reset status after and enter the date and time manually.

At the end of the time period you entered, Teams will automatically reset your status based on your activity, your calendar, and the state of your computer.

Undo a status duration

Simply select a new status. Alternatively, you can select your profile picture, select your current status, and then select Reset status.

See who’s online

If someone is currently available on Teams, you’ll see a green circle with a check mark next to their profile picture.

To see who on a team is online right now, go to the team name and select More options More options button> Manage team > Members. Everyone who’s online right now has the green circle with a check mark next to their

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