Custom Free Busy Status

[David McKenzie]

Since starting a Telecommuting program, several of our users have observed
that Free/Busy/Out-Of-Office/Tentative is not a sufficient set of options and
asked if we could add a status of "Working Offsite" or "Woking At Home"
This does not seem such an unique request, but I am unable to see any hint
that anyone has implimented such a customization, or whether you would do so
as an Exchange Server or Outlook client customization.
Any assistance/direction would be much appreciated.

 

[Colbert Zhou [MSFT]]

Hi David,

Unfortunately, the Show Time as option cannot be customized in Outlook.
There are already some discussion on this,
http://help.lockergnome.com/office/Outlook-Appointments-show-time-WORKING-RE
MOTELY--ftopict675753.html
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/32489667/how-do-i-create-a-custom
aspx


Regards,
Colbert Zhou
Microsoft Online Support Team

 

[David McKenzie]

Thank you for verifying what i feared was true.
My searches all entailed "free busy status" rather than "show time as" or
"catagory"
I have cast a vote in favor of allowing some customization as you can in OCS.