Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and 365

Microsoft has several productivity applications that are used by groups large and small every day. Microsoft Teams (messaging), Microsoft Outlook (email and calendars), and Microsoft 365 (formerly Office). Simple In/Out integrates with each of these to offer your Simple In/Out board right inside of Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365. You can install the Simple In/Out integration via Microsoft AppSource here.

Installation

You can add the Simple In/Out connector inside Microsoft Teams, Outlook, or Microsoft 365 by selecting the Apps tab and searching for Simple In/Out:

Clicking on the search result for Simple In/Out will bring up the interface to add Simple In/Out to a team. Click the Add to a team button to continue:

Simple In/Out Board

View your Simple In/Out board directly from within Microsoft Teams, Outlook, or Microsoft 365. First, click the three dot icon on the left and choose Simple In/Out from the list. You may need to type in the Find an App area if you have a lot of apps installed.

This will add a Simple In/Out tab on the left. To keep this tab available at all times, right-click on the tab and select Pin.

Once you have the Simple In/Out tab on the left, click on it to use Simple In/Out. You must log in with your Simple In/Out email/password to begin. Click the Log In with Simple In/Out button and enter your credentials.

Once you've logged in, you're all set! The Simple In/Out board is here and will automatically refresh your data throughout the day.

Simple In/Out Status Updates

Update your Simple In/Out status directly from within Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365. Do note: this status is different than any Microsoft Teams presence/availability information or Outlook availability, which are separate. Simple In/Out's status is the status that you appear on the Simple In/Out board, and within all the Simple In/Out apps and on simpleinout.com. We now have an integration which sends your Microsoft Teams presence with Simple In/Out, which you can activate within the Settings tab (and can read about further below).

To update your status, you can type an optional comment to add additional context to your update. You then click the send button (little paper plane) to send the update to Simple In/Out. After sending, both the Board and Status tab will reflect your status update, along with all the other places you can view your Simple In/Out board.

We also provide one-click options via Quick Picks using your favorites, your company favorites, and recent status updates. Clicking any of these links will instantly update your status with the status/comment combination indicated.

Microsoft Teams Presence integration

Utilizing this integration, Simple In/Out can consume your presence information from Microsoft Teams (and everything that affects that status, such as Outlook calendars). When your Microsoft Teams status changes, Simple In/Out will change its status to match. Your Microsoft Teams presence updates any time Microsoft Teams is running.

A note about calendars. Simple In/Out offers calendar integration as well, which works on the industry-standard iCal format. We wouldn't advise having both this calendar integration and Microsoft 365 integration enabled at the same time. In our experience, Microsoft Teams will update your status both at the beginning and end of events on your Outlook calendar if Microsoft Teams is also open at the time. This makes the other Calendar integration somewhat redundant.

Microsoft has a number of additional statuses that Simple In/Out does not support (such as On a Call, Do Not Disturb, etc). In these cases, Simple In/Out will do its best to match those to a Simple In/Out status with an appropriate comment.

Enabling our Microsoft Teams Presence integration

We offer two places to enable our Microsoft Teams presence integration: simpleinout.com and from within the Microsoft Teams integration.

simpleinout.com

When logged into your Simple In/Out account on our website, click Settings in the upper-right, followed by Third Party Apps on the left. Here you will click the button to Sign in with Microsoft. This will take you through the steps to authorize Simple In/Out access to your Microsoft presence information.

Microsoft Teams

From within the Simple In/Out integration within Microsoft Teams, click on the Settings tab. Here, you can click on the button to Sign in with Microsoft. This will take you through the steps to authorize Simple In/Out access to your Microsoft presence information.

Permissions

When completing either of the above, you may receive a screen similar to the below. This will ask you if it's Ok to share your Microsoft profile and presence information with Simple In/Out. You must accept this in order for us to read this information. If you're an administrator of your Microsoft 365 account, you'll also have the ability to consent on behalf of your entire organization.

Gotchas

In order for presence to work, you must have App Role Assignment disabled within your Azure/Teams administrator for Simple In/Out. This settings is disabled by default when integrating, but if you enable this requirement for Simple In/Out then all Teams presence updates will not succeed. Make certain that any setting for App Role Assignment or Assignment required with regards to Simple In/Out is set to NO.

Simple In/Out Connector

Need more help?

For further assistance with Simple In/Out's integration with Microsoft Teams, visit our Help Center. Feel free to email us directly too, we're here to help.