What controls the Skype availability display in Outlook?
2014-07
Oliver Salzburg
The other day, I installed Outlook 2013 at home and it started displaying avatars for my contacts and showing if they are online in Skype.
I did not install any add-in or change any settings in either program to get that functionality. At work, I also use Skype and Outlook 2013, but I don't get the same behavior.
What controls this behavior and how can I enable/disable it?
Chris
In Outlook you have option to show online status and photographs.
Go to --> File --> Options. New window will open. Click on Contacts on the left hand side. To disable "Online Presence Indicator" un-tick Display online status next to name. If you want to enable it - just tick that box. You can do the same for photos but that would require Outlook restart.
Juan Zamudio
I'm using Windows 8 on a domain (using a domain account not a Microsoft account) connecting to Exchange, all my Contacts were outlook contacts with pictures and other data, I could see the picture of the contact in the reading pane and people pane while using Outlook 2010.
After the upgrade to Outlook 2013 I can see my outlook contacts but it appears that they are unavailable in the reading pane because all i can see is the default picture (the default picture picture is also visible in the notifications).
If I put the mouse over the name of the people while in the reading pane all I can see is the card with the default info (the only data is that the contact is available in the next 8 hours), if i compose a new message and hover the name of the contact i can see the card with all the data (picture, company, etc.).
Is this the default behavior in Outlook 2013 if you are in a domain and not connected to any service or there is a way to show the picture of my contacts in every part of outlook?