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Work hours setup in Outlook are seen in Teams when setting up a new meeting
When creating a meeting from within Teams, you can switch to the Scheduling Assistant tab, then toggle the "view my work hours" in the top right corner. It's not the same thing technically, but it's the best you can get with Teams.
- Star-DFeb 13, 2023Iron ContributorBut that will only work for people inside your org, right? So if you need to include a client, vendor or anyone else outside your org, scheduling assistant won't show their availability?
- Vilnius_NicFeb 14, 2023Copper Contributor
Star-D yes, it would be impossible Teams to know the availability of someone outside your organisation as the privacy settings prevent that.
However, it should not be difficult for Microsoft to ensure that Teams shows people's work hours for people inside your organisation as this feature is already available in Outlook. The issue is why this is not available in Teams (for those of us who do not use Outlook)!
- Star-DFeb 14, 2023Iron ContributorThought so, thanks for confirming.
100% agree.
- denisecmoonFeb 11, 2021Copper Contributor
VasilMichev I appreciated that you took the time to respond. I am already using that function. I will revert to Outlook for now to schedule meetings until they add the feature in teams.
- Vilnius_NicAug 19, 2022Copper Contributor
denisecmoon I have the same issue. It is really annoying as I do not use the outlook app but schedule all my meetings within Teams. As my colleagues are spread worldwide ensuring that meetings occur during work hours is challenging.
Have you managed to find out how to ensure you only see people as available inside their work hours?I can find nothing about this on Microsoft's so-called 'help' pages!