Microsoft Teams status is stuck on "Out of Office"

Anonymous
2018-05-11T00:54:51+00:00

I recently went on vacation and accessed Teams from my tablet for the first time by installing the Teams app. Now I am back at work and using my work laptop. Even though I have signed out of the Teams app on my tablet and removed my work account from all Microsoft apps on my tablet, my Teams status is still stuck as "Out of Office." How can I change it to "Available?"

Things I have tried:

  1. (tablet) Changing status to "Available" on the tablet app
  2. (tablet) Signing out of the tablet app
  3. (tablet) Removing my work accounts from my tablet completely
  4. (laptop) Signing in and out of the Teams app
  5. (laptop) clicking on my profile pic and changing the status to "Available" or any other status. (There is no change at all)
  6. (laptop) typing in the command to change my status to available (no change at all)
  7. (browser) Accessing Teams through Chrome on my laptop and doing 5 and 6 (no effect)

Note that my Skype and Outlook status is correctly set to "Available." I'm at a complete loss and would really like help with this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-01T12:31:38+00:00

    This worked for me.

    With Outlook open - Go to File - Automatic replies.

    Click on the radio button to "Send automatic replies" and click ok.

    Click on the radio button to "Do not send automatic replies" and click ok.

    Teams status back to normal with no "out of office" displaying.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-01T17:48:29+00:00

    In theory, yes - it's quite simple.  I had to change my status & message in Teams (tried both the browser version and the app) in addition to Martyjs "simple" instructions MULTIPLE TIMES to have any effect.

    If might actually be relatively simple if it just wouldn't take Teams so long (over an hour & a half in my case) to re-sync and recognize the change.  Additional note: this isn't due to any delay of sync caused by working remotely. I am actually in the office on direct LAN connection.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-02T07:58:42+00:00

    What does been idle for five minutes or moremean?

    What happens to status if Teams is closed / 'X'd? 

    How do you get Out Of Office on Outlook to sync with Teams Status? 

    Thanks, 

    Will

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-04-03T14:53:22+00:00
    1. How do I get it to not link with my out of office status, I want this disabled.  I have an automatic reply set that needs to remain on but I want my status to reflect that I am still available to work.  Every time someone opens teams they get a banner that says I am out of office and may not respond.

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