"The system is designed to help tackle some of the challenges of hybrid working, when co-workers might be in the office or working from home at different times. Once this update rolls out, Teams will automatically display location information, rather than leaving colleagues guessing as to whether their coworker's status has been updated and forcing employees to constantly check in with each other."
""When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will soon be able to automatically update their work location to reflect the building they're working from," Microsoft said in a support document. That means when you're in the office, Teams will know and share that information, making it easier for fellow workers to track you down for some vital in-person collaboration business leaders have been pushing for over the last three years."
"The full system is expected to start rolling out in February next year, an apparent delay to earlier plans to begin pushing the feature out this month. "Automatic detection of work location by plugging into peripherals at a desk is available now," Microsoft noted in a support document. "Automatic detection of work location using a wireless network connection is currently in preview and will be widely available in the near future.""
Microsoft Teams will automatically determine and display user work location to support hybrid working. The system detects connections to an organization Wi‑Fi network and recognizes when a laptop is plugged into configured desk peripherals such as monitors. Location display will indicate when a user is in the office or not, reducing the need for manual check‑ins and helping colleagues coordinate in‑person collaboration. Peripheral-based detection is available now, wireless network detection is in preview, and the full system is expected to begin wide rollout in February next year. The feature will not reveal detailed location beyond office presence.
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