Outlook - make Teams Meeting the default and Meet Now Feature
Posted on: 02/13/2021
The Outlook desktop client now allows all meetings to be Teams meetings by default. No longer do you have to remember to click the Teams Meeting add-in icon in the ribbon. Another new feature in Outlook is you can now have a Meet Now meeting in Teams.

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Meet Now in Outlook for Teams
Meet Now will start an instant Teams Meeting

Try It!
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Open the Outlook Calendar
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Click Meet Now on the Home tab.
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Teams Meeting will launch in the new pre-join meeting experience.
New Teams Pre-Join Feature
Teams Meeting Default Meeting in Outlook
You can now schedule a meeting in Outlook and make Teams Meeting the default meeting.
Outlook Setting
Try It!
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When you get this feature in Teams, you may need to enable it.
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To enable it, open Outlook, click File - Options - Calendar Options.
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Make sure Add online meeting to all meetings is checked.

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Schedule a Teams Meeting in Outlook
Try it!
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Open the Outlook Calendar
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Schedule a New Meeting Request
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If the new default setting is working, the Teams Meeting will populate in the email body.
To not use Teams Meeting in the Outlook invite
If you don't want to have a Team Meeting, you can remove the Teams Meeting invite from the Outlook invite.
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Click Setting and select Don't Host Online.

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Chris Menard
Chris is a Microsoft Office Master. He trains corporate clients in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. Menard is a speaker for the Georgia Society of CPAs and a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business. Menard's YouTube channel has over 600 technology videos. Chris works full-time as a Training Specialist for a global law firm. His office is in midtown, Atlanta.
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