Y’all, why does Skype for business have to say how long you’ve been away or offline for?!!

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Normally, the Skype settings will say you're away after 5 minutes of inactivity. You can change that setting so that it's 360 minutes. You also have to change your computer's settings so the computer never times out.

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😯 This is a lifesaver!

Set your availability to "available" and it'll always show you as available (for better or worse) 🙌

I can’t do that either. It goes to away pretty fast if I don’t touch the keyboard. Happens all the time when I’m on the phone or reading stuff on paper and it drives me crazy.

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