If a user has turned Off the Show Presence setting, other users can request the user to view the presence information.
To request for presence:
Right-click on a contact (from contacts, voicemail, call history, chat, home, inbox, or search field) for whom the presence information is to be viewed and select Request for Presence.
Also you can open the contact card and select Request for Presence from the more (
) menu.


Click Accept to add the contact to your presence allowed list.
Click Reject to reject the view presence request.
