Let Others Know When You're Out of the Office

Set your Out of Office (Automatic Replies) in Outlook. Teams and Outlook Out of Office settings are synchronized, so changes made in one location are reflected in the other.

First, create a New Event in your Outlook calendar and select Out of Office as the status. 

Set Out of Office in Outlook

Outlook Desktop

1. Open Outlook.
2. Select File, Automatic Replies (Out of Office).
3. Check Send automatic replies.
4. Check Only send during this time range.
5. Enter the start and end dates/times.
6. Type your message.
7. Click OK.

Outlook on the Web

1. Click the Settings gear.
2. Select Mail, Automatic replies.
3. Turn on Automatic replies.
4. Set the start/end dates and your message.
5. Save.

Make it show in Teams

To have people see you're away when they message you in Teams:

1. Open Teams.
2. Click your profile picture.
3. Select Set status message.
4. Enter the message. 
5. Check Show when people message me.
6. Set Clear status message after to your return date.

Alternatively, from Teams:

1. Click your profile picture.
2. Select Set out of office.
3. This opens the same Out of Office settings that sync with Outlook.