

#EMPLOYEE WORK SCHEDULE UPDATE#
Whenever the legacy working hours time zone changes, it will update the time zone for the modern working hours. The exception to this rule is working hours time zone. However, once a user sets up (or updates) their modern working hours, future changes to legacy working hours will not propagate and overwrite the modern working hours. Until a user sets up modern working hours, changes to legacy working hours will also update the times in their modern working hours. If a user sets up the above schedule for modern work hours and location, the times for the legacy work hours will be configured to 8:00 am to 7:00 pm – the minimum start time and maximum end time of the modern work hours. Because the legacy experience supports only a single start time and end time for the entire work week, the legacy work hours will approximate the modern work hours and location. This new experience replaces the legacy work hours experience, but legacy work hours will continue to be supported. Below are estimates for when the experiences will be available, though timelines are subject to change.

We recognize that the new work hours and location are most valuable when the experience is universally available to all Outlook users. If you want to quickly look up where someone is working from, you can view their location in their profile card next to their availability. If others have set up their work hours and location, their work location will appear in the Scheduling Assistant, as shown below. You can view others’ locations when scheduling from Outlook or when viewing their profile card. Sometimes, overtimes are also inserted in a weekly employee work schedule. An employee schedule can be sometimes a morning shift, an afternoon shift, or a night shift. Knowing where others are working from is important for scheduling and collaboration. Weekly employee staff schedule will provide workers for all the shifts for the day, and for all days, 7 day a week. The new location will be applied to your work hours for the remainder of the day and reflected in both Outlook and Teams. Select the circle icon with your profile picture and change the work location. Note: The option to change location per day is currently only available in Outlook on the web, but will eventually be available in Outlook for Windows, iOS, Android, and Mac.
