Teams Meeting automatically being added to ALL invites in Outlook.

 

Audience – Tier 1, Tier 2

 

Description :

          When a user creates a meeting invite in Outlook, a Teams meeting is automatically being added to the invite. This is a feature that can be turned on and off. This guide will explain how to turn it off.

 

Procedure:

To remove the function of Teams meetings automatically being added to all meetings in Outlook, please try the following:

 

  1. Upon opening Outlook, click on "File" in the top left.
  2. Click "Options" towards the bottom of the screen.
  3. In the options window that just popped up, click on the "Calendar" tab. 
  4. Uncheck the box that says, "Add online meeting to all meetings". 
  5. Click "OK". (screenshot below)

Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated

 

Once this is done, Teams meetings should no longer attach themselves to the meeting invites. 

 

Escalation:

 

If escalation is necessary, please escalate to Tier 2 as first POC, if Tier 2 is unavailable please escalate to SME.