Presence API and Teams "Focusing" status

Question

Hello... why does the Presence API (either 1.0 or the Beta) not return the custom Teams status of "Focusing," as added by the MyAnalytics plugin? I just get "availability" and "activity" both set to "DoNotDisturb" for a user in "Focusing" status. Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello Steve Clay

Thanks for reaching out!

The user presence states are of two categories: user configured, and app configured. User configured states are those in which the user chooses their status. whereas app configured states are based on user activity. As far as I know, currently Presence API only supports a limited set of presence states which doesn't include App configured presence state "Focusing". When a user sets their status to "Focusing" using MyAnalytics plugin in Teams, it is a custom status that is not recognized by the presence graph API. As a result, the API returns "DoNotDisturb" which is closest matches to "Focusing" status. Refer this.

Refer below links for better understanding:

• Presence States in Teams- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/presence-admins
• Supported Presence Properties- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/presence?view=graph-rest-1.0#properties

Hope this helps.

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