Schedule a meeting

Via desktop application | Via Outlook(New) | Via Outlook(Old)

Scheduling with the desktop application

There are multiple ways to schedule a meeting in Teams using the desktop application.

  • To schedule a meeting with only the people who are members of a specific chat, go to that chatroom and under the chatbox, click the "Schedule meeting" button. It is the square with a plus sign inside of it and says "Schedule meeting" when hovering the mouse over it.
    • A page will pop up with options to fill in the title, date and time of the meeting, a description of the meeting, and whether it is a reoccurring meeting. Fill these in with the desired information.
    • Click "Save" to complete the meeting and automatically send invitations out to the attendees.
  • To schedule a meeting with anyone and manually add the attendees, click the calendar symbol on the left side of the screen.
    • Once taken to the calendar page, click "New meeting" on the top right corner of the screen.
    • A page will pop up with options to fill in the title, date and time of the meeting, a description of the meeting, and whether it is a reoccurring meeting. Fill these in with the desired information.
    • Enter the email addresses of the desired attendees into the "Add required attendees" field. If attendance is optional, click the "+ Optional" button beside this field and add the email address there.
    • Click "Save" to complete the meeting and automatically send invitations out to the attendees.

Scheduling with Outlook (New)

  • In Outlook, click the calendar symbol on the left side of the screen.
  • Click on "New Event"
  • When a pop-up appears of the new event, click on the slider next to "Teams meeting". Fill in the fields with the necessary information about the meeting. This includes the email addresses of desired attendees.

Scheduling with Outlook (Old)

  • In Outlook, click the calendar symbol on the left side of the screen.
  • Click on "Teams Meeting" and fill in the fields with the necessary information about the meeting. This includes the email addresses of desired attendees.

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