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Character Limitation in Status Messages

My teams status text box no longer allows up to 250 characters and is cutting off around 160. How can I change that to go back to the previous character limitation?

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asked 2026-08-19T12:25:08.86+00:00
Gregory, Michelle L 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-09-01T15:45:26.7533333+00:00
Heimerdinger 295 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Last seen vs away

What is the difference between these three states?

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asked 2026-03-24T13:28:22.0133333+00:00
Vũ Thị Nhân Ái 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-31T21:05:11.4566667+00:00
King Ohaya 0 Reputation points
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Teams Telephony and Outlook Calandar issue

Entries in Outlook such as meetings that are marked as busy prevent Teams Telephoney calls being presented, how do you stop this happening other than by marking meetings as free

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asked 2026-08-25T14:26:25.8533333+00:00
Debbie Anderton 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-27T14:12:52.4+00:00
Killian N 3,820 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Teams status rely on mobile device.

I also tried to rest the status on both devices as well as manually set my computer to "available" and it still doesn't change until i open my phone app. I need my computer to show to my team. Please help

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asked 2026-08-23T12:32:02.7533333+00:00
Weibo Winnie 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-08-23T13:10:32.2933333+00:00
Roebe Ta 1,025 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Global status durations on Teams

Hello, is it possible to set the Available status duration globally in Teams across your organization? The specificity of the work is such that often the user does not move the mouse for a long time and does not use the keyboard, which changes the status…

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asked 2026-08-18T12:12:58.5366667+00:00
Kennedy Sarah 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-08-21T01:51:03.6733333+00:00
Alina Le 4,920 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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error: failed to set status note, try again when your're online in teams.

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asked 2026-08-08T15:34:25.7066667+00:00
Albert Miles 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-14T18:48:20.2666667+00:00
Ryan-N 15,555 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Green dot not changing

Hi - when I'm logged in, my status changes to a green dot. I notice when others are on a call, it changes to red and says, In a call. Mine doesn't change. How do I fix this? It will go red if I'm in a meeting but not when I'm on the phone. I'm using…

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asked 2026-08-12T01:07:35.05+00:00
Melinda O'Neill 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-13T07:32:18.24+00:00
Kien 980 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Out of Office is Stuck

Hi there, It shows me 'available, out of office'. I've tried 'reset status'; signing in and out of Teams and then 'reset status' and nothing seems to fix it. Can you help? Thank you, Aviva

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asked 2026-07-27T20:09:13.67+00:00
Aviva Rubin 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-28T20:21:44.9066667+00:00
Kai-L 18,970 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Teams Status Automatically Changes from "Away" to "Offline" After ~15 Minutes When System is Locked

User is experiencing an unusual Teams presence issue Problem Description:** - User sets their status to "Away" and locks their system - After approximately 15 or 20 minutes, the status automatically changes to "Offline" - This is…

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asked 2026-04-22T08:30:52.64+00:00
Dustin 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-28T02:51:53.8533333+00:00
Suvankar Chakraborty 5 Reputation points
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in teams user status is unknown, application based I signed out and closed it terminated it and everything but still the same, how to solve it

in teams user status is unknown, application based I signed out and closed it terminated it and everything but still the same, how to solve it

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asked 2026-07-21T11:44:40.4566667+00:00
Qamil Salihu 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-22T08:28:17.8133333+00:00
Jayden-P 26,275 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Keeping green light on all the time

How to keep available on all the time.....a friend claims team changes to yellow

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asked 2026-07-22T03:10:05.7533333+00:00
paula frevele 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-22T04:38:54.4033333+00:00
Anonymous
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Teams "show when people message me" box needs to be ticked in each time

Hello I have a user who reports that their status message intermittently disappears to their team members. I've been monitoring the user's status and it seems to show up each time I check their name in a chat, but some of their team members will ping my…

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asked 2025-09-08T00:43:02.8266667+00:00
RT27 10 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-06-28T05:32:31.5466667+00:00
Jade Ng 15,310 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I can not change my time zone back to my local time

I have a business trip to US, and set to US time at that time, but now I am back to hk, all my time zone in outlook, teams and OS system setting I change to hk time, but in my profile still us time.

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asked 2026-06-11T03:22:32.7133333+00:00
Luo, Ronan 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-12T03:24:13.59+00:00
Alina Le 4,920 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Teams available notifcations

A colleague has "tagged me" to notify them when I am available on teams using the (Presence/Keep track of someone's status and get notified when they appear available or offline.) They keep on getting available notfications from me when my…

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asked 2026-05-21T14:27:14.59+00:00
Sci Lee 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-22T22:02:28.6533333+00:00
Anonymous
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My Teams status is showing as 'available, out of office', which is wrong

I'm not out of office and don't have OOO switched on anywhere in Microsoft - it's not in Outlook or any of the other apps, nor on my work cell. I can't seem to get rid of this and just want it to show 'available'.

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asked 2026-05-11T10:06:55.2266667+00:00
Sophy Geering 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-15T14:47:30.57+00:00
Jess-Q 12,705 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Customise Teams Status

Are there any plans to be able to add custom status to teams? For example, call wrap up when doing after call work or break or lunch.

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asked 2026-05-15T06:49:35.6066667+00:00
Dee Powell 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-15T08:05:03.2333333+00:00
Anonymous
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my out of office won't turn off

My out of office won't turn off so it's looks like I'm available but out of office at the same time. I've already checked outlook and tried to change my status but it won't update

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asked 2026-05-06T17:59:42.17+00:00
Amy Meyers 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-07T22:20:30.97+00:00
Ian-Ng 14,145 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Microsoft Teams presence status shows "Unknown" on both Desktop and Web (Cloud)

Issue: a users Microsoft Teams presence status remains "Unknown" on both the desktop app and the web (cloud) version. The issue persists despite troubleshooting. But on phone the status is available and green. Current behavior: - Presence…

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asked 2026-04-06T19:17:51.3133333+00:00
Oluwafemi Fowode 0 Reputation points
recommended 2026-04-06T21:13:06.87+00:00
Clover-L 25 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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THE AUTO STATUS CHANGE IN TEAMS VIOLATES EU PRIVACY LAW

THE AUTO STATUS CHANGE IN TEAMS VIOLATES EU PRIVACY LAW

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asked 2026-04-03T07:31:03.8233333+00:00
Pim van Heeswijk 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-03T09:07:56.9866667+00:00
Alina Le 4,920 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Out of office when im not OOO

My teams is set to available OOO and ive tried everything to fix it and i dont see anything on my outlook calendar that states im OOO. Thanks

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asked 2026-03-19T21:15:43.02+00:00
Ribeiro, Adriana G 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-26T19:08:39.58+00:00
Vy Nguyen 11,410 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator