Create a Teams Meeting from the Microsoft Teams App
1. Open your Microsoft Teams App.
2. Click on the drop-down arrow next to New from the menu options and select Event.
2. Add a title for your meeting and then click on Required or Optional to add required and/or optional attendees for the meeting.
3. Begin typing a name into the Required attendees field and once it auto populates, click on the name. Repeat for any required attendees.
4. Click the participants icon on the right-hand side and select Add optional attendees to get a field to add any optional attendees.
5. Begin typing a name into the Optional attendees field and once it auto populates, click on the name. Repeat for any optional attendees.
6. Select the time for the meeting by clicking on the time field and then selecting the desired time. You can manually adjust the time by clicking into the time boxes and typing the desired time as well.
You can utilize Scheduling Assistant to help schedule a meeting around district staff members' availability. By clicking on Scheduler on the right-hand side of the screen.
Add any required or optional attendees. And then check to see who is available on the calendar on the right. Use the key at the bottom of that screen to assist with understanding any color coding.
7. Toggle ON Teams meeting. Then add any additional information about the meeting into the text field.
Please Note: You will not see the information for the Teams meeting in the text box yet.
8. Click Send to send the meeting invite. If you are sending the meeting link to participants outside of the district, you can enter their email into the attendees field or after you have sent the meeting invite, you can double-click on the event from your Calendar and then you will see the Teams meeting information that you can copy and paste via email.
You have now created your Teams Meeting from the Microsoft Teams app.
Create a Teams Meeting from the Microsoft Teams App Tutorial Video
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