Scheduling a meeting in Microsoft Teams

First things first!
Here’s how to set up your next meeting in Microsoft Teams.

In this article we continue our series designed to help you understand the options that are available in Teams Meetings, and to share in one central resource all the information you need to use Meetings in Microsoft Teams.

So let’s get started by setting up a meeting:

Open the Microsoft Teams app

To create a new Teams meeting

• Click on Calendar in the left pane
• Click on New meeting

In the New meeting form you can add the following:

• Title of the meeting
• Meeting location. (The list of meeting rooms to be added by your Office 365 administrator)
• Start time
• End time
• If you want to make this meeting repeat (non-repeating by default)
• Use the scheduling assistant to view availability of the participants
• Meeting details
• A channel to hold the meeting
• Attendees

Once your meeting is scheduled in Teams, it will appear in the list of calendar events in both Teams and Outlook.

You now have the option to join the meeting from within Teams and Outlook.

Check out these articles and do more with your next Teams meeting:

• Joining a Teams meeting from within the Teams app
• Capturing Teams meeting notes in a Wiki page
• Reviewing Wiki Teams meeting notes
• Chat with participants in your Microsoft Teams meeting
• Share your screen during a Microsoft Teams meeting