Outlook will tell you who is in the office

Sneaking in a work from home day could soon be a bit trickier thanks to a new update coming to Microsoft Outlook.

The email provider is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to spot which of their co-workers or colleagues is currently in the office, and therefore possibly free for a quick meeting or able to reply to a message.

The update will use the Work Hours and Location information stored within Outlook to offer up this information, meaning there may be some awkward conversations if your colleagues believe you to be in the office.

In its entry in the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company notes that the feature will be “always on”, meaning there may be no getting around what it represents as your office presence.

  • driving_croonerEnglish
    39·
    2 months ago

    > Go to the office

    > All meetings are on teams because half the team works on other offices.

    • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      2 months ago

      Yup.

      Daily stand-up meeting

      On the phone because we’re decentralized

      Everyone’s actually sitting + hardly anyone’s even paying attention because they’re at their computers

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      Even if the whole team is actually in the conference room…it’s one dude with a laptop who struggles to get the display working for 10 min then proceeds to just read the PowerPoint out loud.

      None of this required me putting on pants or being part of traffic.