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Watch out, Microsoft Outlook could soon give away when you're sneakily working from home (www.techradar.com)
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Sneaking in a work from home day could soon be a bit trickier thanks to a new update coming to Microsoft Outlook.

The email provider is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to spot which of their co-workers or colleagues is currently in the office, and therefore possibly free for a quick meeting or able to reply to a message.

The update will use the Work Hours and Location information stored within Outlook to offer up this information, meaning there may be some awkward conversations if your colleagues believe you to be in the office.

In its entry in the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company notes that the feature will be "always on", meaning there may be no getting around what it represents as your office presence.

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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's not just a self reporting feature it seems. Our IT accidentally turned it on (as I understand) for a day by adding building info to one of the supervisors account. It then showed if you were in the same location (building) than your supervisor.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I do not know if the setting is an Entra setting, I don't have access. I'm just friendly with IT. This is what I believe they were talking about given their description. But not tracking, no. It's basically a here/not here situation. You're either tethered to local networking or not.

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