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BCC in meeting invite Outlook 16.65
I am an independent advisor answering questions about Outlook.
As shown in the image below, you must click on the Optional button to Invite Optional Attendees (IOA). IOA is used as the Carbon Copied (CC), and their names are listed in the invite.
The Location field is the Resource field. You can no longer add people's names in this area.
Now for your BCC question. Once the meeting invite is created. As the meeting organizer, you can Forward the email message to others as follows:
- Navigate to the Sent Folder
- Open Meeting Invite Email Message
- Any names in the To Field is a required invitee to the meeting
or CC Field is an optional invitee. (Again, these names will appear in the calendar invite.) - Any names in the Email BCC will not appear on the invite, but the meeting details are provided in the body of the message.
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/Teresa
#traccreations4e
As usual, this problem has persisted for YEARS!
In MS forums we get help THAT DOES NOT WORK!
Forwarding an invite from the SENT FOLDER DOES NOT HAVE A BCC FIELD! It also has NO CC field. IT ONLY HAS A "TO" FIELD!
Clicking on the TO field opens a window that only has REQUIRED field, which will not hide the email address! Again, no BCC field!
Since this is Microsoft, I expect them to update with many dozens of bells and whistles that average users are not clamoring for, while they continue to ignore simple little fixes like this one for years and years...
So sad and pathetic Microsoft!
CC and BCC are available in New Outlook, Web, and Outlook.com.
Check and enable your settings.
View Settings | Mail | Compose and reply | Message Format
Add a checkmark in Always Show BCC
Outlook.com Image (Forwarded Message from sent)
/Teresa
#traccreations4e 5/22/2024
Thanks for the info. That said, default options should make sense, there's no good reason to ever hide BCC. When you buy a car, you don't need to check a box for "include tires".
My Outlook is: Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2407 Build 16.0.17830.20166) 64-bit
Earlier the procedure with ressources worked for bcc invite, but alas no longer.
I have bcc active for emails, but when forwarding a calendar invite I only have "To" and no option to choose bcc.
In web Outllook and on my iPhone I can forward the invite with bcc - but the invited are visible for all - even without accepting.
There are many good use cases for bcc invite - such as inviting a group broadly, but allowing the group to stay confidential unless they actively show up - e.g. when membership of the group is sensitive; minority, union membership etc., and the forward bcc is straight out misleading when all invited are visible!
So dear Microsoft, please get this fixed!
Anders
Teresa_Cyrus This is what I'm seeing. Not sure if we're using different versions or if I'm missing something. I'll keep looking.
Edit: Perfect. I'm not seeing the screenshot I just uploaded and the "Insert Photos" button isn't doing anything.
