Get started with Meetings

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Meetings are an essential place where work happens in Microsoft Teams, whether you're 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.

Try it!

Here are the basics of how to get started with meetings in Teams.

Before a meeting

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

Select Calendar in Teams.
Select New .
Add people to the invite, such as colleagues in your org or external guests.
Add a location or turn on the Teams meeting toggle to make it an online meeting.
Add other meeting details, like an agenda or notes.
Select Scheduler to make sure your proposed time works for everyone.
Select Save .

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