Start an instant meeting from Outlook or in Teams

  • 5 minutes

Sometimes educators don’t have time to schedule a meeting. A learner is absent, a guardian has a question about an upcoming event, or a colleague wants to discuss last-minute needs for tomorrow’s assembly. Outlook and Teams offer options to start a meeting immediately.

Start an impromptu meeting

Select Meet Now wherever it’s available to open the Teams meeting window.

Screenshot of the Meet now button in the Calendar app in Microsoft Teams.

Invite attendees to the meeting

There are three ways to invite others to join the impromptu meeting:

  • Copy the link to the meeting
  • Add participants
  • Share via their default email app

Screenshot of the ways to invite attendees to a Teams meeting started with Meet now.

Meet now invitations in a channel

If the educator starts the meeting in a channel, the channel members can immediately find a post about the meeting in the channel and select Join to attend.

Screenshot showing the Meet now option in a Teams channel and the post inviting channel members to join the meeting.

If the educator starts the meeting in a chat, the chat participants immediately receive a notification about the meeting.