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Teams presence tracking, explained.
The green dot shows one moment. It isn't the whole story. Guides and how-tos for managers and admins who want the pattern: who's online, when, and for how long.
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How-toHow to see Microsoft Teams status history
Microsoft Teams shows only current status. How to see Teams status history: who was online, when, and for how long, from a script or a presence tracker.
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Hybrid team coverage: who's online, not a hunch
Hybrid managers guess who's around. Track Teams presence over time instead: who was online, when, and for how long, and whether core hours actually held.
8 min read - How-to
How to see staff online hours on Microsoft Teams
How a small business can see when staff are online in Microsoft Teams, and for how long. A five-minute, read-only setup with nothing to install.
7 min read - How-to
How to track team availability across time zones
How to track Microsoft Teams availability across time zones: who was online in each region, when, and for how long, read in each person’s local time.
9 min read - Product
Ask your AI assistant about Teams presence (MCP)
Presify is an MCP server: ask Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot who's online, when, and for how long, or whose Teams presence looks gamed. Read-only, role-scoped.
3 min read - Explainer
Can you see someone's past Teams status?
Microsoft Teams shows current presence only, no history. What you can and cannot recover about someone’s past status, and how to start tracking it today.
5 min read - Explainer
Does Microsoft Teams track activity?
What Teams and the M365 admin center record about user activity, what they don't (presence history), and how to track who's online, when, and for how long.
5 min read - Guide
A fair way to track remote work hours
How to track remote hours fairly: a directional read on who's online, when, and for how long, why the green dot isn't the whole story, and where presence fits.
7 min read - How-to
How to get a Microsoft Teams presence report
How to get a Microsoft Teams presence report: who was online, when, and for how long. A PowerShell export vs a presence tracker that keeps the history.
6 min read - Guide
How to know when your remote team is available
How to see when your remote team is actually online in Microsoft Teams, and how much: why the green dot isn't the whole story, and what the history shows.
9 min read - How-to
How to see Microsoft Teams status history
Microsoft Teams shows only current status. How to see Teams status history: who was online, when, and for how long, from a script or a presence tracker.
5 min read - Guide
Is tracking employee Teams status legal in the US?
Tracking Teams presence in the US: what employers generally may do, where notice and state rules come in, and a sensible default. Not legal advice.
6 min read - Explainer
Microsoft Productivity Score vs presence tracking
Microsoft Productivity Score vs Teams presence tracking: what each measures, at what level, and which one shows who's online, when, and for how long.
5 min read - Explainer
Teams away vs idle vs offline: what each means
What Teams available, away, busy, and offline actually mean, why yellow isn’t always gone and green isn’t always there, and why the pattern beats the dot.
6 min read
Reading paths
Start with the question you're answering.
IT admins get asked for presence history; managers want it. Both read the same data for different reasons. Pick yours and read three guides in order.
See how Presify works- Teams away vs idle vs offline: what each meansWhat each status tells you, and why the pattern beats the dot.
- Can you see someone's past Teams status?What you can recover, and how to start tracking today.
- How to know when your remote team is availableWhat "available" means in Teams, and what the history shows.
- Is tracking employee Teams status legal in the US?Notice, state rules and a sensible default. Not legal advice.
- A fair way to track remote work hoursA directional read, and a checklist for doing it fairly.
- Microsoft Productivity Score vs presence trackingWhat each measures, and why neither scores a person.
Presence isn't productivity. Every guide reads it as a directional record of who's online, when, and for how long.
See the pattern behind the green dot.
Teams keeps no presence history of its own. One read-only Microsoft sign-in, about five minutes, and yours starts building.
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