The little dot on your profile indicates if you’re available or not
If you want to make sure people know when you’re busy or away from your desk, set your status in Teams.
Teams will automatically set the status in some cases, like when you’re in a call. To explicitly set it yourself, go to your profile at the top of Teams and select one from the list.
You can also update your status from the command box. Type /available, /busy, /dnd, /brb, /away, or /offline to set your status as Available, Busy, Do not disturb, Be right back, Away, or Offline.
Available is 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 is 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 is when you want to focus or present your screen and don’t want notifications to pop up.
Appear offline is 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.
Note: If you’re a MyAnalytics customer, use the MyAnalytics Outlook add-in to book focus time in your calendar. When you’re in your focus time, your Teams status will change to Focusing and all notifications will be silenced until your focus time ends.
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. Continue reading “The little dot on your profile indicates if you’re available or not” »
