Get started with Meetings

When to Use?

Meetings are an essential place where work happens in Microsoft Teams — whether you are engaging an important client or catching up on a group discussion.

There are three parts to a Teams meeting:

• Before: When you create and send out an invite.
• During: When everyone meets.
• After: When people share recaps and action items.

Watch: Get Started With Meetings

Try It!

Before a meeting

Create a meeting and discover how to adjust your settings before you join one:

1. Go to your Calendar and select New meeting.

2. Add people to the invite such as colleagues in your organization or external guests.

3. Add a location or make it an online meeting.

4. Type an agenda.

5. Check Scheduling Assistant to make sure your proposed time works for everyone.

6. Choose to automatically record a meeting in case someone cannot make it and select Send.

7. Join a meeting from an email, a channel, a mobile device, or your calendar

8. Choose your meetings settings from the pre-join screen and select Join now.

During a meeting

Explore how to interact with others in a meeting:

• Avoid the frustration of speaking over other people and select Raise your hand to share your thoughts.

• Add your questions to the meeting chat to avoid interrupting a speaker.

• Select React and choose a reaction to express how you feel in real-time.

• Select Share to show a presentation, a window, or your entire screen.

After a meeting

Re-visit documents and follow-up with people after the meeting is done:

• Go to your calendar invite to view shared files, the meeting recording, or transcript.

• Share notes or action items with your team.

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