Same link for different meetings

I stumbled upon this and didn't find the answer I was looking for, but after tinkering a bit with Outlook/Teams, I've found an answer to my original question, which was how to use the same Teams meeting link for multiple meetings.

Use Case

I run a team of 10 people and we have several recurring meetings. We'd like to use the same meeting link for each meeting, even though each meeting has a different recurrence rate and purpose.

Using a recurring meeting won't work in my scenario because I have one meeting that occurs every Monday and Friday, one that occurs every 2 Wednesdays, and so on.

Solution

1. Create a new event in Outlook
2. Add a title that you will use as a generic title across all events
3. Don't invite anyone (this event will be a dummy event)
4. Enable Teams Meeting
5. Save the event
6. Create another event in Outlook
7. DO NOT enable Teams meeting
8. Don't invite anyone yet (to avoid sending mass calendar updates as you make changes)
9. Add any details you need to the meeting (recurrence, description, etc.)
10. Save the meeting
11. Go to the calendar event that has the meeting you want to use
12. Copy everything in the description from the first divider line to the last divider line (all the Teams info)
    
    1. Example: 

        

13. Save the meeting
14. To verify that it worked:
    
    1. Go back to your inbox in Outlook
    2. Go back to the calendar in Outlook
    3. Click on the new event
    4. There should be a "Join Teams Meeting" button
    5. Click the button
    6. When the join meeting window opens in Teams, the title should match the meeting that you copied
15. Edit the series and invite everyone
16. Repeat steps 6-16 as needed to create more events

Version Info

Outlook: Microsoft Outlook for Mac - Version 16.58 (2201501)

Teams: Microsoft Teams - Version 1.5.00.4683