You're waiting for a colleague who's in a meeting, and you want to talk as soon as they're free. Instead of checking their status again and again, let Teams notify you as soon as they're available.
Turn on a notification
- Select your colleague's profile picture or name, for example in a chat, to open their profile card.
- Select More options (...) > Notify when available.
You get a notification as soon as their status changes to Available or Offline.
Manage notifications
- Go to Settings > Notifications and activity.
- Find People or Manage status notifications.
- Add or remove people here.
Tips
- Just send a chat message if it isn't urgent. Your colleague sees it as soon as they're free.
- Want to let people know when you're back yourself? Set a status message or out-of-office.
- This only works for colleagues in your own organization.
Also see set your status in Teams.
Read also
Set your status in Microsoft Teams: available, busy or do not disturb
How to set out of office and a status message in Microsoft Teams
Turn read receipts on or off in Microsoft Teams
Nederlandstalige versie: Een melding krijgen zodra een collega beschikbaar is in Teams
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