"Notify when available" missing

Anonymous
2023-05-23T13:31:50+00:00

Why is my "Notify when available" missing when I click on a user in Teams?

This is what is missing from a user we support.

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Mr. Trust_A 4,820 Reputation points
2023-12-21T18:58:01+00:00

Hello WilliamHicks6,

The Notify when available feature is not available in the new Teams. Currently, you will need to select a user’s avatar or profile photo anywhere in new Teams to quickly get an overview of their online status, next available calendar slot in Outlook, work hours, local time, or work location either remote or in office.

See What is changing in the new Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-20T19:36:37+00:00

    I am also hoping for the same thing. It is a bit frustrating. to not have it. I would like to also know who we can contact to have this feature retained or at least have it available for certain type users aka Managers.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-20T12:36:52+00:00

    Why is my "Notify when available" missing when I click on a user in Teams?

    This is what is missing from a user we support.

    I'm experiencing the same issue. I'm using the "New Teams" and when I click on the dots next to one of my chats, the option to "notify when available" is missing. I use this feature pretty regularly, and just noticed it is not there.

    how can we request Microsoft team to retain it?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-19T19:19:45+00:00

    Checking in from Feb 19 2024, notify when available still doesn't appear to be here in new Teams.

    Between this and all the functionality that's been removed from new Outlook it's like every day I'm discovering another important piece of my daily workflow has been thrown out.

    And the only workaround is to just babysit the user's status all day?

    That's literally the point of having notify when available, so we don't have to do that.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-19T14:17:42+00:00

    As others have said, this is an asinine decision by Microsoft. This is an incredibly useful feature and it will be very disappointing if there are no plans to bring it back with the new Teams. I can't sit and watch status updates on a constant basis without the rest of my work suffering so the "notify when available" allows me to continue focus on a task while still having access to discuss with my team when they're not busy on a call or break.

    I would love to know Microsoft's reasons for removing this feature.

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