Hybrid Work Settings in Outlook

Now available in the New Outlook for Windows is the hybrid work setting.  You’ll notice a plus in a location pin icon on the date header to set your location with.

screenshot of location pin icon
Location Pin Icon

If it’s newly arrived for you, you may also see an informational message as shown below which says

New hybrid work setting

Share your location to let your colleagues know when you’ll

be in the office to help them set up any in-person meetings.

To set up a weekly schedule, go to Settings.

With the option to click Got it and Go to Setting button.

Screenshot of the hybrid work dialog. Text on the dialog is described in the article text.
Hybrid Work Tip Dialog

When you click the location pin icon you can pick from Office or Remote or choose to set a schedule, as shown below.

Screen shot of the options to set Office or Remote location.  Also shows working times set for the chosen day and has option to set a schedule.
Set working location dialog box

The icons for Office & Remote are different in Outlook for Web.  In New Outlook for Windows the icon for remote is a house and in Outlook for Web it’s a monitor.

Screenshot of the set location dialog from Outlook for web showing different icon for remote as described in the text.
Set Work Location Dialog from Outlook for Web

When choosing Set a schedule the Settings dialog box opens to the updated Work hours screen which now includes location and you can pick from Office or Remote for each day which has scheduled working hours.

Screenshot of the setting dialog showing the tabs Calendar and Work hours and location selected.  Displays tick box to choose to Show work location on my calendar and then then select working days, set hours for each say and choose location.
Settings Dialog as opened from Set a schedule

Once you’ve chosen the required locations, click Save

Screenshot of the work hours and location tab with the location drop down open showing remote and office location choices

Each day going forward in time will now show your location.

Screenshot of one week date headers with location icons as set in the location schedule

It is possible to change each day individually away from the schedule. To do so, click the icon for working location and change the location.

Screenshot of changing the location.  A home location is shown selected top open the option to change the location

Below you can see the view when someone else reviews your calendar.  This is my calendar for May as seen by another user in the tenant with read access.  You can see the locations are set from 10th May, which is when the location schedule was configured and that Thursday 18th May has a different location to the other Thursdays, as it was set independently.

Screenshot of calendar for May 2023 with event details blurred out to focus attention on the location icons showing in each weekday date header from 10th May

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