Feature request: Presence + Outlook calendar integration

When someone is “away” in chat/IM, it’d be great if you could right-click on their name in chat and go directly to their calendar for today.  That way you could see if they’re away because they are booked in a meeting, or if they are away but not booked.  This in turn will help you make a decision on whether you call them, chat them, or shoot them an email. 

Even better would be if Outlook calendar information for a user was also presented in situ alongside their presence info.  IE, “I am away from my PC.  Appointments until 3PM.” – with the appointments part auto-filled using Outlook data.

~ by Eric Kristoff on May 14, 2009.