Schedule a Microsoft Teams meeting from Outlook

Schedule a Teams meeting

Outlook on the desktop

  1. Open Outlook and switch to the calendar view.

  2. Select Teams Meeting at the top of the page, under the Home tab.

  3. Select which account you want to schedule a Teams meeting with.

  4. Select Schedule Meeting. Or, if applicable, select a meeting template.

  5. Add your invitees to the Required or Optional field(s)—you can even invite entire contact groups (formerly known as distribution lists).

  6. Add your meeting subject, location (if applicable), start time, and end time.

  7. Create your message.

  8. Select Send.

Note: The Teams meeting join details are added to the meeting invite automatically.

Outlook on the web

  • In the new event form, select the Teams meeting toggle to turn it on.

    The Teams meeting toggle is on the right

After the invite is sent, you'll see the meeting join details in the event.

Remove Teams from a meeting

You can remove Teams from a meeting while you're creating the meeting, but not after you send the invitation.

Outlook on the desktop

  • At the top of the new meeting form, select More ... Don't Host Online.

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​​​​​​Outlook on the web

  • In the new event form, select the Teams meeting toggle to turn it off.

Make all meetings Teams meetings

You can turn on a Calendar option so that all the meetings you schedule from Outlook—including Outlook on the web and mobile—will be held online with Teams.

Note: Depending on the release update schedule for your organization, you may not currently have access to this feature.

Outlook on the desktop

  1. At the top of the Outlook screen, select File > Options.

  2. On the Outlook Options page, select Calendar on the left.

  3. Under Calendar options, select Add online meeting to all meetings.

    Select Add online meeting to all meetings

Outlook on the web

  1. At the top right of the screen, select Settings  Settings button.

  2. Select Calendar Events and invitations > Add online meetings to all meetings.

    Select Add online meeting to all meetings

  3. Select Save.

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Thu 12/21/23 8:17 AM