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Red dot in Skype for Business contact list

Anonymous
2015-09-30T09:44:28+00:00

hi there,

does anyone know what the "red dot" infront of a contact on the skype for business contact list means?

i have a tiny red dot after the status indicator (online, busy, in a meeting, away, offline, out of office), but before the name. but i have no clue what it means.

help is very much appreciated. thanks.

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Anonymous
2015-10-01T06:59:28+00:00

Thanks Toby for your reply. I have found out what it means. If someone books an appointment and marks it as "out of office" then the - indeed - purple dot appears. So it is not an automatic reply, but the status of the appointment itself.

Thanks again.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-30T12:07:47+00:00

    sorry the screenshots did not work. i try again:

    i mean the dots before the name, they actually on my laptop screen look kind of purple but before on my monitor they seemed to be red...

    they keep changing as well, so people who had a dot before their name an hour ago, do not have one there now...

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-30T12:56:17+00:00

    Hi Timo,

    Thanks for your clarification.

    It means that this user has enabled the Automatic replies. You can do a test on your side to check if the dot appears in your account.

    Regards,

    Toby

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-30T10:34:49+00:00

    hi timo,

    did you upload some screenshots in your post? those pictures don’t show up in there.

    according to understanding, did you mean this? see the following screenshots:

    for more details about those status' meaning, please refer to this article.

    if i misunderstood your requirement, please upload the screenshots again, so we can better help you.

    to upload screenshots, select use rich formatting, and then click insert /edit

    regards,

    toby

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