Teams - Why You Should Always NAME Your Meetings

Posted on: 05/15/2022

Microsoft Teams - ALWAYS name your meetings. I'll review the two meeting types in Teams, how to record your meetings, and why you should always name your Meet Now meetings. Your Meet Now meetings do not show on the calendar.

**Teams Meet Now - always name your meeting**

Meet now meetings show in Chat. You can filter your chat and only see meetings. You can search for meetings. If your meetings are all named the same name, that doesn't do your any good. Always name your Meet Now meetings so you can find what you are looking for.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:44 Two types of Meetings
1:53 Meet now - Always Name
3:22 Start recording in Teams
4:15 Schedule in Outlook
4:40 Meeting show in Chat
5:18 Filter by Meetings - GREAT POINT

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Naming a Meeting in Teams

Scheduled meeting can be named when you created them. Meet Now will have the default name Meeting with Chris Menard, your meeting will have your name of couse.

Find meeting in Chat

You can filter your chats to only show meetings. After filtering you can search by the name of the meeting.

**Filter and find meetings in chats in Teams**

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Chris Menard

Chris Menard is a Microsoft Trainer (MCT) and works as a full-time Trainer at BakerHostetler - one of the largest law firms in the US. Chris runs a YouTube channel with 900+ technology videos that cover various tools such as Excel, Word, Zoom, Teams, Gmail, Copilot, Google Calendar, and Outlook. To date, the channel has helped over 20 million viewers. Menard also does 2 to 3 public speaking events yearly, presenting at the Administrative Professional Conference (APC), the EA Ignite Conference, the University of Georgia, and CPA conferences. You can connect with him on LinkedIn at https://chrismenardtraining.com/linkedin or watch his videos on YouTube at https://chrismenardtraining.com/youtube.