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Add an EVENT to Channel Calendar
ChrizK Hello, just to put it out there it's a highly requested feature being worked on https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16933204-include-office-365-group-calendar-in-teams
As for the channel calendar it's only a calendar for channel meetings that have been scheduled in that team in that channel.
You would have to use the Outlook client to create an appointment and not a meeting, but unfortunately not possible to schedule in channels from Outlook today.
Having recently been involved in trying to resolve a departmental issue around scheduling events/meetings, I immediately saw this as the fix. Unfortunately this isn't the case as the Channel Calendar does not function as per the instructions and help guides suggest.
The issue: - A department wants a location/shared calendar that the entire team can access and use to schedule meetings and events that they can all see, but not necessarily all be notified/invited (unless explicitly targeted). They can then put holidays in and events that the team need to be aware of but that aren't meetings, as well as some meetings that need to be viewable and/or modified by multiple members of the team.
The Channel Calendar guide specifically says that when a meeting is scheduled in the channel calendar, it doesn't automatically invite all users of the channel but they can all see it from within Teams. It would however add it to users calendars and notify them if they are specifically invited to the meeting.
On testing this, when you create a meeting from within the channel it does send an invite to every member of the channel and notifies them (as required attendees). Was this implemented incorrectly or am I missing something here?
PCHUser This thread is a bit dated, but just came across it looking for the same solution. Our environment is hybrid outlook/teams. That being said, it would be beneficial for us to have a calendar in which Events and Meetings can co-exist.In other words, it's not always a dial in situation. It is possible to remove the dial in information, however the Join button remains. It's not a JOIN opportunity. its simply a reminder. To reiterate a point made earlier, I want to set a reminder to everyone that an Exec will be on prem, I don't need a conference call to spread the word.