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Boe Dillard
Iron Contributor
May 16, 2020
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How to start a meeting for an entire channel on the fly?

I've looked and looked and figure there has to be a way to select a channel/team and start a meeting with just a click or two at most - haven't found it.   Seems logical that it would be easy to click on a channel and click on an icon that says meet now or invite group to meeting or instant meeting or some such thing - haven't figured out a way to do it that doesn't involve many steps.

 

So to be clear in Teams - I want to click on Teams in the left hand side, select a team/group/channel and click on more thing to allow an emergency meeting on the fly with that team/group/channel.

 

It seems like it would be a logical place to put that since you've already organized a group that has a common purpose.

  • They won’t get into the meeting automatically but in the channel and next to the channel name it’s noticeable that a meeting is going on! You can also from meeting call them in! Just @mention the team or channel that they should get into the meeting otherwise
  • There’s a little camera icon just below the new conversation pane in the posts tab!
    This could also be moved for some to the upper right area in a channel
    • Boe Dillard's avatar
      Boe Dillard
      Iron Contributor

      adam deltinger Thanks! I must be in the wrong place because when I click in teams, under teams right hand icon 3 down just below activity and chat, after selecting teams,  in the chat area (right hand pane with general posts, files etc at the top), I click the camera icon in the bottom center of the pane and meet now - it has me in the meeting but doesn't invite the rest of the group.   There are suggested individuals but not the team.

      • adam deltinger's avatar
        adam deltinger
        MVP
        They won’t get into the meeting automatically but in the channel and next to the channel name it’s noticeable that a meeting is going on! You can also from meeting call them in! Just @mention the team or channel that they should get into the meeting otherwise

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