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DanielNiccoli
Dec 03, 2018Iron Contributor
Create a meeting in a 365-Group calendar without inviting the whole team? Question and critic!
First, the question We have an issue. We want to replace our Shared Mailbox Calendar with the 365-Group Calendar. We use the calendar exclusively to create meetings with our customers. Unfortunately...
Ethan Li
Microsoft
Dec 06, 2018Hi Daniel,
There's currently two types of calendar scenarios that your group in Outlook supports:
- Appointments: Open the group calendar, and select "New appointment." The appointment you create will only live in the group calendar--no invitations are sent.
- Meetings: Invite a group (from your calendar or from the group calendar), members will receive an invitation in their inbox, unless they explicitly opted out of receiving meeting invitations from the group. If you invite anyone explicitly, the group will also be sent a meeting
However, we're actively looking at a third scenario, which seems to be exactly what you're looking for:
- "Brownbag": Meeting invitations are sent only to folks explictly addressed. A lunctime brownbag requires a presenter to attend, and other folks on the team are free go to the group calendar and add it to their own personal calendar. In your scenario, you would address the event to the employee and the customer.
At this time, I don't have any concrete timelines to share, but it is an active investigation!