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Brass Contributor

Mar 01, 2017

Disable Skype for Business Online inactive time change

Hi, Is it possible to block users from being able to edit the time in which they are marked as idle or away in Skype for Business Online on a Windows device. I can find details on how to chan...

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Satish Upadhyaya

Brass Contributor

Mar 01, 2017

Hello David,

Yes we cannot disable the option of changing the idle and away time in the Skype for Business client. It is by default in the control of the end user to make changes in the same.

This as of now is a limitation of Skype for Business.

With Regards,

Satish

David Bishop
Brass Contributor
Mar 01, 2017
Great to confirm this Satish.

Thank you
- Greig Sheridan
  MVP
  Jul 19, 2017
  
  David it's a bit of a kludge but you can always re-stamp the "IdleThreshold" and "AwayThreshold" values back to your preferred settings in the Registry using Group Policy...
  
  Richard calls them out here:
  http://masteringlync.com/2013/12/28/client-registry-keys-part-two/
  
  - Greig
  https://greiginsydney.com