When you mark time as "out of office" on your calendar, your coworkers see it when they attempt to schedule a meeting with you. Your Teams out of office status will also sync with your Outlook calendar.


To create an out-of-office calendar event on the desktop version of Outlook, use these steps:



1. In Calendar, on the Home tab, click New Meeting.




2. Type a description in the Subject box 


3. In the Start time and End time lists, select the start and end time for your time away from the office. For vacations, this usually involves full days. If this is the case, select the All day event check box. 




**Note: By default, Outlook uses the current time zone setting on your computer for scheduling. If you want to schedule your time away from the office based on a different time zone, in the Options group, click Time Zones.


4. In the Options group, for Show As, click Out of Office in the drop-down list. 

5. If you are alerting people to a series of recurring times that you will be away from the office, in the Options group, click Make Recurring, select the recurrence pattern, and then click OK.


6. Click Save & Close.