Tuesday 12 June 2018

Appear offline while online in Skype for business

Follow these steps
  • Open Registry editor using "Rededit" in the Run or Cortana (Windows 10)
  • Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\Lync
  • Right Click on the right side window. select New--> DWORD (32-bit) Value, Name it "EnableAppearOffline" & Set "value data" to "1"


  • Close the Registry editor and restart the machine
  • Open Skype for business to see and use your newly added status option👇


Note: In Windows 10, sometimes, Lync Key is not available under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\. Create one and  then follow steps 2 & 3 to achieve the same result