Starting an Impromptu Meeting in Teams

Starting an Impromptu Meeting

There are a couple of ways to get an impromptu meeting going.

From Outlook

• Open your calendar
• Click on the Meet Now icon.
• This will bring up The Choose your video and audio options screen
• Set your desired parameters
• Click Join Now.

From Teams

• Click on the Calendar button on the left-hand side menu.
• Click on the Meet now button in the upper, right-hand corner.
• Give your meeting a title.
• Click the Start meeting button.
• This will bring up The Choose your video and audio options screen.
• Set your desired parameters.
• Hit Join Now.

Inviting People

• Click on the People icon in the top menu. 
• Start typing the name of the person in the Invite someone or dial a number box on the right-hand side. Hover your cursor over the person's name when the system finds a match.
• Click on the Request to Join button that appears.
• Another option is to Click the Share invite button.  This will give you the option to share the meeting link either with a meeting link or an email.

To rejoin the same meeting, look for the meeting in your chat list and select Join.

Starting a meeting within a channel

• Choose the channel you want to meet in from the list.
• Click on the Posts tab.
• look for the camera icon in the upper, right-hand corner and click on the downward pointing caret.
• From the drop-down, select Meet now.
• Give your meeting a title.
• Click the Start meeting button.
• This will bring up The Choose your video and audio options screen.
• Set your desired parameters.
• Hit Join Now.