New "Calendar Event" status
Is anyone else running into this issue? With the new "Calendar Event" status it changes me to red and says "Calendar Event" as my status whenever I have something on my calendar.
This is a real problem because:
1) I have reminders on my calendar, and I am not busy during that exact time, but it shows that I am.
2) If my meeting is done early, it will still show this way until the scheduled time on my calendar is over.
3) Sometimes I will have an all-day event just to let others know I am working remote, and it now changes my status to "Calendar Event" all day.
4) I have continuing education webinars I sit in on so they are on my calendar so that I remember to sign into them but I am still available if an important call comes in. Right now, there is no way to show that I can take that call.
Can we create a way to opt out of this so that these issues don't cause more headache for our receptionist who is trying to figure out if we can take a call or not? Otherwise, make is so that if our status says "Calendar event" we are able to change it to available if we want.
Thank you for your feedback and reports following the launch of Outlook Calendar sync for presence feature. We appreciate your patience and wanted to share a quick update with you:
We’re currently investigating issues related to the responsiveness of presence updates, which may be slower than expected. In the meantime, we’ll be introducing a Flag that will allow customers to disable the sync if needed.
Looking ahead, we’re planning improvements that will improve status updates and the ability to disable the feature in the settings while keeping the integration connected, for those who want meetings to appear in the app by not have their presence affected.
We’ll keep you updated on our progress and appreciate your support as we work on these enhancements.
Thanks again for your reports and assistance with this feature.
