Set a status message in Teams to let others know what you're up to. Whether you're out of office or simply want to share a message for your contacts to see, status messages are a great way to communicate.
Note
If you have a status message set in Teams, it will not show your automatic out-of-office reply from Microsoft Outlook.
To set your status message in Teams for desktop:
- Select your profile picture at the top right of your Teams window.
- Select Set status message
to view options. - Type the message that you want others to see. If you want people to see your status when they message or @mention you, select Show when people message me.
- Choose how long you want the message to display before clearing by choosing a duration from the Clear status message after dropdown.
- Select Done.
