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Allow me to make a few additions. I hope that's right for you.
Add/Drag Email to the Calendar
If the "Meeting" icon is not present in the "Respond" ribbon group, as in my case (Microsoft 365 Family). This action can also be found here.
Alternatively, you can also create a QuickStep with the action "Reply with meeting". From my point of view, the calendar of the corresponding email account is always used. Perhaps the calendar can be freely selected in future?
Tip: If the invited attendees have been removed, the "Meeting" must be saved. Cancelling or discarding the meeting results in all original attendees receiving a cancellation email, which can be "bad" depending on the number of attendees. MS calls this "expected behaviour".
Perhaps the best way would be for MS to programme a QuickStep action "Create Event". Then attendees would not have to be removed. This function/action already exists in Outlook classic,