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Enhancement Request - add an "away" icon to Teams Meetings
As a frequent participant in Teams meetings, I need to indicate to other attendees that I am "away" so that I can step out for a short time without interrupting the call. With this, I could grab a be...
Hello cobrev There is an "appear away" option that is available. I'm told by the engineers that others see "away" but since I can't look at my own profile unless I'm logged in as someone else I can't personally verify that.
Came out to the web to see if anyone else had this idea. I think this is as critical as ever. Couple of things:
1) The Away status isn't always visible when having meetings across organizations, which is often for client-facing teams. Also you can't go back to In a Meeting or In a Call status, only Available, Busy, or DND.
2) Jumping into a hold meeting is a clever idea, but I don't see all people doing that. It's just not easy enough to assume people of all skill levels will do it. But I might start doing it and seeing if I can get my org to adopt it.
3) Having some kind of indication that everyone is back from a break is especially key during meetings. When the presenter(s) says, "everyone come back in 10 minutes" he or she (or they) doesn't (don't) know and can't possibly tell if everyone is back without taking a roll call down the attendee roster.
1) The Away status isn't always visible when having meetings across organizations, which is often for client-facing teams. Also you can't go back to In a Meeting or In a Call status, only Available, Busy, or DND.
2) Jumping into a hold meeting is a clever idea, but I don't see all people doing that. It's just not easy enough to assume people of all skill levels will do it. But I might start doing it and seeing if I can get my org to adopt it.
3) Having some kind of indication that everyone is back from a break is especially key during meetings. When the presenter(s) says, "everyone come back in 10 minutes" he or she (or they) doesn't (don't) know and can't possibly tell if everyone is back without taking a roll call down the attendee roster.