OfficeSimplify for Microsoft Teams

Manage employee leave without leaving Microsoft Teams

Employees request time off in Teams. Managers approve it in one click. Works with Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365, and calendars stay in sync automatically.

See how it works

30-day free trial · No card needed

Works in
  • Teams
  • Outlook
  • Microsoft 365
  • Teams mobile
A demo of a leave request in Microsoft Teams. Try approving or denying it.
Manager gets notified
OfficeSimplify Time Off Priya Shah's time off request needs your approval
Approves in the card
Time off request

👋 Priya Shah has requested 3 days of Holiday. Your approval is needed.

Priya Shah United Kingdom · Design team
WhenMon 12 – Wed 14 Oct
Amount3 days · 9.5 left after
Clashes 1 clash. Hannah Cole is also off on Tue 13 Oct.
Try it: press Approve
Priya's status and calendar update
When you approve
Priya is told her holiday is approved
Added to the wall chart and the Outlook calendar feed
Teams status reads 🏖️ Holiday till Thu 15 Oct

One app, every Microsoft surface

Book, approve and track leave in Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365

Install it once from the Teams app store. The same Chat, My Leave and Who's Out tabs then appear wherever your team already works, on desktop, web and mobile.

  • Microsoft Teams

    Request leave in a chat with the bot and approve from the card. My Leave and Who's Out sit in tabs beside the chat.

  • Outlook

    Open OfficeSimplify Time Off from the Outlook app bar to check allowances or book time off without switching apps.

  • Microsoft 365

    Find it in the Microsoft 365 app and on office.com alongside Word, Excel and your other apps.

  • Teams mobile

    Approve requests and see who's out this week from the Teams app on iPhone and Android.

Book time off

Request time off from a Teams chat

Employees type timeoff to the OfficeSimplify bot or press Request time off. They choose the leave type and dates and see their remaining allowance before sending.

Booking time off with the OfficeSimplify bot in Microsoft Teams

Approvals

Approve leave in one click inside Teams

The right manager gets an interactive card with the dates, days left after and any clashes. Approve or decline in the card itself.

An interactive leave approval card in Microsoft Teams

Who's out

One shared leave calendar in Teams, always up to date

The Who's Out tab shows how many people are out today and who is away each day, by week or month. Filter by team or country, on desktop or the Teams mobile app.

My leave tab

Allowances and public holidays in the My leave tab

Each person sees what they have left, what is pending and approved, their booked leave and upcoming public holidays in a Teams tab. It works for fixed allowances and unlimited PTO, so no one has to ask HR how many days they have left.

Daily report

One daily report: who's away, who's celebrating and public holidays

Each morning OfficeSimplify posts to your channel who is away and when they are back, birthdays and work anniversaries, public holidays in each country, and how many requests are waiting for approval.

Status message

Teams status messages set themselves

While someone is on approved leave, their Teams status shows a message such as "Holiday till 25 June". It clears when they return, and you can change the wording for each leave type.

Set up in under 10 minutes

  1. 1 · About 1 minute

    Install OfficeSimplify in Teams

    Sign up with your Microsoft work account. No card needed for the 30-day trial.

  2. 2 · About 2 minutes

    Tell us about your company

    Your company name, default leave allowance and country, so public holidays and allowances are right from day one.

  3. 3 · About 5 minutes

    Invite your team and go

    Invite colleagues from Microsoft 365 with one click. Everyone can type timeoff to the bot straight away.

30-day free trial · No card needed

Also in every account

“Microsoft Teams is where we work, so it's natural that we use it for our time-off requests. Nobody likes logging into another system just to book a holiday, and this bot makes it super easy for everyone to keep track of who's off and when.”

JS Jacob S HR Manager · Uses OfficeSimplify in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams time off questions

Your team on Slack instead? See OfficeSimplify for Slack.

Is there a leave management app for Microsoft Teams?

Yes. OfficeSimplify adds a bot and a My leave tab to Microsoft Teams. Employees request time off in a chat, and managers approve from an interactive card.

Does it work in Outlook and Microsoft 365?

Yes. After you install it from the Teams app store, OfficeSimplify Time Off also appears in Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app, with the same My Leave and Who's Out tabs.

Does it sync with Outlook calendars?

Yes. Subscribe to the OfficeSimplify calendar feed in Outlook or Microsoft 365 once, and approved leave appears there and keeps itself up to date.

Does it change Teams status during leave?

Yes. A custom status message is set while someone is on approved leave and cleared when they return.

Is OfficeSimplify in the Microsoft Teams store?

Yes. Microsoft reviews every app before it goes into the Teams store and Microsoft Marketplace. See OfficeSimplify in Microsoft Marketplace.

How much does the Teams app cost?

£3 per employee per month, with every feature included. Start with a 30-day free trial, no card needed.

Can I import my team from Microsoft Teams?

Yes. Import your team when you sign up, or add people later from your dashboard with one click.

Join 1k+ teams who never miss a holiday request

30-day free trial · No card needed · See pricing