
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Getting Started Guide | 2
Table 5.1 below describes each Presence button and the accompanying status text.
Table 5.1. Presence states set by the user or by Communicator
Presence button Contact status Description
Available The contact is online and can participate in convers
be set manually by the user.
Busy
In a Call
In a Conference
In a Meeting
The
contact is available but engaged in another activity. Activities include:
x
The contact is in a phone, voice, or video conversation.
x
The contact is in a multiparty conversation using
phone, voice, video, or application sharing.
x
The Office Outlook calendar shows that the contact
has a scheduled meeting.
This presence level can be set manually by the user.
Do Not Disturb You see this status for a contact if the contact has assigned you to an
access level other than the T
access level and one of the following
conditions exists:
x
The contact has manually set his or her presence status to D
.
x
The contact is displaying a Microsoft Office PowerPoint®
presentation or is running another program in full-screen mode.
Urgent
You see this status for a contact if the contact has assigned you to the
access level and one of the following conditions exists:
x
The contact has manually set his or her presence status to D
.
Away The contact is probably not available. This status is displayed for the
following reasons:
x
The contact’s computer has been idle for more than the idle time
period setting—15 minutes by default.
x
The contact has manually set his or her presence status to
.
Inactive This contact may be available, but their computer has been idle for more
than the idle time period setting—five minutes by default.
contact is online, idle, and transitioning from an Available state. This
status is set by Communicator.
Busy (Inactive) This contact is engaged in a meeting, but their computer has been
inactive for the idle time period setting—5 minutes by default. In this
state, the contact is online, idle, and transitioning from a Busy state. This
status is set by Communicator.
Offline The contact is not available. This status is displayed for the following
reasons:
x
The contact has manually set his or her presence status to A
.
x
Communicator 2007 is not running on the contact’s computer, or the
contact has not signed-in.
x
The contact has blocked you from seeing his or her presence status.
Presence
unknown
Communicator 2007 cannot determine the status of the contact. This
status is usually displayed because the contact’s presence status is
stored in another computer system, such as that of an organization that is
not a federated partner.
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