The application is available for FREE from the TechNet Gallery HERE. Hopefully you will fin d the application as useful as I have. Right click on the system tray icon to open or exit or for a link to my blog. You can minimize it to the system tray and it will still run. Once launched it will run in the background. The application starts automatically at Windows Start up. After installation you need to launch it from the start menu. The application installs in just a few mouse clicks and saves a shortcut in your start menu, desktop and startup folder. Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition with a couple of plugins available in the Visual Studio gallery, the Lync 2013 (client) SDK, a search engine and a little bit of time. I’ve written the application using freely available developer tools. “F” is for Free.īusy, but can be contacted, press CTRL+ALT+B to set “Busy”.Īnd to set your status to away before the timer kicks in, press CTRL+ALT+A for “Away”.
When you’re done, either reset or press CTRL+ALT+F for “Available”. Working on an important task and want some privacy? When you get back, Press CTRL+ALT+R to “Reset” your status to automatic. Just press CTRL+ALT+T to set “Be Right Back”. Need to leave your desk in a hurry? Not a problem. I’ve tried to make the keyboard shortcuts intuitive. I programmed 6 Keyboard Shortcuts in total. I know your status changes with your calendar or if you’re in a call or even if you leave your computer alone long enough. Lync and Skype for Business is, in part, about efficiency. Rather than hunting for the client on the task bar full of other stuff or right clicking the (probably) hidden system tray icon and opening the menu to set your status, just hit the appropriate hot keys and you’re set. If application development is good for anything it is for time savings. I know you can set your status in the Skype for Business client itself, but really that just takes too many mouse clicks. StatusKey is a tray application that allows you to change your Lync and Skype for Business presence status using keyboard shortcuts.