Schedule a Meeting with Teams
Faculty, staff, and students can use Microsoft Teams to schedule an online audio/video meeting. This article describes how to schedule a meeting in the Teams app and in Outlook.
If you would like to create a meeting using a template (ex. Class, Lecture, or Webinar), follow the first set of instructions below to create the meeting in the Teams app. Visit Meeting Types to learn about the different meeting templates.
Scheduling a Meeting in the Teams App
Open Microsoft Teams.
On the sidebar to the left, click on Calendar.
In the top right corner there is a “New” button. Click on the dropdown arrow in this button to open the small menu.
If you would like to schedule a standard meeting, click on “Event”.
Otherwise, choose the appropriate template. Visit Meeting Types to learn about the different meeting templates.
Now follow the instructions below, starting at Step 4.
Scheduling a Teams Meeting in Microsoft Outlook
Open the Outlook application or navigate to the Outlook website.
Click on the calendar icon in the left-hand menu.
Click on New event in the top toolbar.
Add a title to the Add title field, and add the attendees to the Invite People field.
Use the Scheduler button in order to see when all attendees are available.
If you would like this meeting to be a video call, click on the “Teams Meeting” toggle to enable it.
If you enabled the Teams Meeting toggle and would like to alter the meetings Chat settings, click on the newly appeared “Options” button next to the toggle.
Click on the Participant tab to skip down to the Chat settings. Here you may set it to In-Meeting only so that it is only active during the call, or you may disable it altogether.
Finish filling in details such as Start and End time, and then click Send to book the meeting.