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Scheduling a Teams meeting with Microsoft Outlook

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Microsoft Outlook is a comprehensive email and calendar application that facilitates efficient communication and organization with robust email capabilities, meeting scheduling, and task management features.

1. Open Outlook from your desktop or go to Outlook on the Web.

Image of Microsoft Outlook logo.

2. In the upper-left, click or tap the Calendar view icon.

Screenshot of Microsoft Outlook with a red arrow pointing at the calender icon

3. Calendar view appears. In the upper right click or tap New Event.

Screenshot of Microsoft Outlook with a red arrow pointing at the "New events" icon

4. In Outlook, a meeting window appears.

a. Enter a Title for your meeting.

b. Add attendees by typing their names and selecting from the autocomplete menu. Or enter their email addresses.

c. Select a date, start time, and end time.

d. The Teams meeting switch turns on after you enter attendees, making this event a Teams meeting.

e. Add a description about your meeting or attach documents.

Note that you won't see the Teams meeting details, the join link, call-in number, and phone conference ID until after you send the meeting invitation.

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