So now let’s go over ways to enhance your invite and prepare for your meeting. This covers the basics for inviting people to your video meeting and scheduling it.

Click the Save button at the upper-right corner, and your invitation will be sent to these people with a link to join the meeting in Teams. Then in the fill-in boxes below, choose a date, a start time, and an end time for your video meeting. Scheduling a meeting in Teams is straightforward and integrates with Microsoft 365 contacts and calendaring. If you want to invite people without making them feel that they’re required to attend, click +Optional at the right end of the required attendees field and add their names in the Optional field that appears below. In the Add required attendees box, type in the email addresses of the people who you want to attend your meeting - or, if your organization’s address book is integrated with Teams, you can just start typing co-workers’ names (or the names of corporate email lists) and select them from the list that appears. Click the New meeting button at the upper-right corner.Ī fill-out form will appear in the main window. This brings up a calendar in the main window.

To schedule a video meeting in Teams, click the Calendar icon on the left toolbar. ( Here's a look at how Teams compares to rivals.) Before the meeting Also note that these instructions describe the Teams desktop app some features are not available in the web or mobile versions. Although Microsoft offers subscriptions tailored for home users, as well as a free version of Teams, these don’t include many of the features covered in this story. This story is primarily for users whose organizations have a subscription to a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 business or enterprise plan. Here’s how you can get the most out of video meetings in Teams - best practices for before, during, and after your meeting. It’s easy to start a video meeting in Microsoft Teams, but there are ways to enhance the experience for you and the other attendees, whether it’s an informal video chat with co-workers, a presentation to a client, or a department-wide quarterly update.

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