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denisecmoon
Feb 10, 2021Copper Contributor
Work hours setup in Outlook are seen in Teams when setting up a new meeting
I have internal invites that live in different timezones. When I schedule a meeting in Teams, the invitee shows they are available. They are not. In outlook, you can define work hours, which preve...
VasilMichev
Feb 10, 2021MVP
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-D
Feb 13, 2023Iron Contributor
But 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.