Configuring & Using ‘Core’ Places Presence Features
ESSENTIAL EBOOK
Hybrid Working, Powered
by Microsoft Places
With Workplace Presence in Microsoft Places, users can see when their colleagues will be in the office – making it easier to coordinate meaningful in-person time and avoid ‘commute regret’!
This ebook shows you how to make the most of the core workplace presence and collaboration features available with your existing Microsoft 365 licences.
PUBLISHED JUNE, 2025
HYBRID WORKING IN MICROSOFT 365
Get the most out of your core Microsoft licence when it comes to in-person collaboration.
Did you know that with your Microsoft 365 Core licence – and assuming you’re using the new Outlook and new Teams – you can use the Workplace Presence features in Places?
Here’s what you get without needing Teams Premium:
- A weekly location schedule, editable directly from Outlook
- A view of where colleagues plan to be:
- Via a ‘People’ view in the Places app
- Via ‘Places Cards’ in Outlook and Teams calendars
- Enhanced (Hybrid) RSVP
- Organisers can send meeting invites to confirm whether invitees will attend in person or remotely
- Invitees can respond saying whether they’ll join in person or remotely
Coming soon: Automatic presence detection when users connect to the office Wi-Fi.
See who’s in the office when, and then book using room finder or your regular room and desk booking system.
These various ‘presence’ features combine to give users greater visibility of where colleagues are now – or where they’re planning to be – making it easier to coordinate in-person collaboration.
They can then go on to book a suitable workspace for their visit using Room Finder or your existing booking system – all without needing to upgrade to Microsoft Teams Premium.
