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at least I hope we are going to get the option to change the default "show as"

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Unfortunately, its not going to happen for awhile - outlook 2010 has the
> same show time as options as previous versions. One option is for
> telecommuters to make tentative appointments for their available time and
> put something like "telecommuting" or "available for tele conferences" in
> the subject.
>
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> "tnarsenal" <tnarsenal(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1A568474-F662-4A62-AEFC-8AA837BF85BF(a)microsoft.com...
> > We just implemented OCSR2, specifically to support Telecommuting as a cost
> > savings for employees. This is one of the features our users have asked
> > about
> > specifically to alleviate confusion when trying to schedule between those
> > of
> > us in the office and those of us at home. A modification to "Show Time As"
> > options is the easy way out. Perhaps you could integrate enhanced presence
> > data from OCS to update Outlook options with the same status information.
> > Ultimately it would just be nice if Outlook had the intelligence to
> > "notify"
> > the organizer for whatever conferencing needs the meeting participants may
> > request based on their status for the meeting time.
> >
> > "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> "McVeigh" <McVeigh(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:DFC26839-A703-4457-B83A-585EAD866E26(a)microsoft.com...
> >>
> >> > It would be nice to have an option to Show Time As...with different
> >> > than the
> >> > default settings. Like we have Free, Busy, Out of Office and Tentative
> >> > right
> >> > now in the systemm it would be nice to have other options, like Working
> >> > Remote (so the user knows I am available, but not in the office) or
> >> > even
> >> > options to create our own system wide and define within the
> >> > organization.
> >> > With the popularity of telecommuting only getting more widespread, the
> >> > option
> >> > to reflect that in the scheduler would help out the meeting organizers
> >> > a
> >> > lot.
> >> > Just an idea.
> >>
> >> And I think it's a good one.
> >> --
> >> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
> >>
> >>
>