Enable "Apear Offline" on Skype for Business Office 2016

To enable the Appear Offline status to Skype for Bussines on Office 2016, simply add the Reg Key below. Exit Skype and open it again and there you have it. You can also download the Reg file from my Google Drive (link below)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Lync] "EnableAppearOffline"=dword:00000001

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EAWesYFv1-bvPuWqV3xMP4lboGIpksrl

For Lync on Office 2013 simply change the office version to 15.
If you download the Reg file, edit it with notepad and change it.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync] "EnableAppearOffline"=dword:00000001

I hope you find this useful, cheers.