OoO w/ Outlook and Teams

26 June 2026

Below some good instructions for OoO etiquitte within your team


For each day of your leave, please create an all-day calendar event in Outlook titled: “FS OoO”

Where:

  • F = your first-name initial
  • S = your surname initial
  • OoO = Out of Office

For example, if your name is Jane Smith, the title would be: “JS OoO”

Please invite:

  • Me
  • Your line manager (if that is not me)
  • Anyone else you would like to inform at $EMPLOYER

Important: Please do not set this event’s status to Out of Office; if you do, anyone you invite may also appear as Out of Office in Teams/Outlook

To ensure your own Teams/Outlook status updates automatically to Out of Office, please create a separate calendar event covering the same leave period:

  • No need to invite anyone else
  • Set the status for this second event to Out of Office