Sneaking in a work from home day could soon be a bit trickier thanks to a new update coming to Microsoft Outlook.

The email provider is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to spot which of their co-workers or colleagues is currently in the office, and therefore possibly free for a quick meeting or able to reply to a message.

The update will use the Work Hours and Location information stored within Outlook to offer up this information, meaning there may be some awkward conversations if your colleagues believe you to be in the office.

In its entry in the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company notes that the feature will be “always on”, meaning there may be no getting around what it represents as your office presence.

  • JWBananas
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    104 hours ago

    Your M365 admin can already tell by your IP address. Just like they know when you’re looking at porn when your IP randomly hops states for a little while.

    • Blxter
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      134 hours ago

      Who be looking at porn on the work PC lol. For me I have to give a ’ reason’ to disconnect form the work VPN. I do do anything on work PC besides work tbh

      • @orclev
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        123 hours ago

        Yeah, never use a work device for anything you’re not actually getting paid to do. To do otherwise is just stupid. Save non-work stuff for your own devices.

        • @[email protected]
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          63 hours ago

          I use my personal computer as a work PC. But I run a VM for the work stuff. It’s great.

          • @danekrae
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            73 hours ago

            You don’t have to make things complicated here. If you want to tell people that you use Linux, just say that.

            • sunzu2
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              22 hours ago

              You can run VMs in windows tho

              I use arch, btw