Custom Presence States

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To set custom presence states in Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2, create an XML custom presence configuration file and then specify the location of this file using the CustomStateURL registry key. For more information, see Configuring Custom Presence States.

The registry points to the XML file containing the custom presence states. The following illustration shows the custom settings in the Registry.

The xml configuration file contains the custom presence states.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<customStates>
  <customState ID="1" availability="online">
    <activity LCID="1033">Working from Arlington</activity>
  </customState>
  customState ID="2" availability="busy">
    <activity LCID="1033">In a Customer Seminar</activity>
  </customState>
  <customState ID="3" availability="busy">
    <activity LCID="1033">Customer Presentation</activity>
  </customState>
  customState ID="4" availability="do-not-disturb">
    <activity LCID="1033">Doing Budget</activity>
  </customState>
</customStates>

The Office Communicator 2007 client reads the custom settings from the configuration file and displays them as options. The following illustration shows the custom presence in Office Communicator 2007.