Starting a Teams meeting involves scheduling it through your Teams calendar. This is a straightforward process to set up a planned collaboration session.
Here's how you can easily start a Teams meeting:
Steps to Schedule a Teams Meeting
To initiate a new meeting in Microsoft Teams, follow these simple steps based on the provided guidance:
- Go to Teams Calendar: Navigate to the Calendar section within your Teams application. This is the central hub for managing your scheduled activities.
- Select + New meeting: Look for and click the button or option to create a + New meeting. This action opens the meeting scheduling form.
- Give your meeting a title. Decide on a date and time. In the meeting details form, provide a title for your meeting. This helps attendees understand the purpose. Crucially, specify the desired date and time for the meeting to occur. You can also set recurrence if needed.
- Type in names of individual attendees, or select Add channel to select a class team channel to meet in. Add participants to your meeting. You can do this by typing the names of individual attendees. Alternatively, if the meeting is for a specific team or group, you can select Add channel to invite an entire class team channel, ensuring all members are included.
- Take a moment to review your meeting details. Before finalizing, quickly review all the information you've entered – the title, date, time, and attendee list – to ensure everything is correct. Once satisfied, you typically click a "Save" or "Send" button to create the meeting invitation.
Following these steps will successfully schedule your meeting, sending invitations to the specified attendees or notifying the selected channel members.
Meeting Details Overview
While scheduling, you'll interact with key fields:
- Title: The subject or name of your meeting.
- Attendees: Individuals or channels invited.
- Date & Time: The scheduled start and end time.
- Location (Optional): Though primarily online, you can add physical location details if hybrid.
By completing these fields, you define the purpose, participants, and schedule of your Teams meeting, making it easy for everyone to join when the time comes.
