Forum Discussion
Calendaring: Changing the default meeting time
cruiz - This functionality is available since Feb 19 as per https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-2016-for-windows/suggestions/13137501-customize-default-meeting-time-in-calendar-or-opti . If you want to roll out this change centrally and ensure that the end user cannot set their own custom end early time then you can change the registry key policy settings via -HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar and updates both EndEarlyShort and EndEarlyLong values as well as the EndEventsEarly key.
Absolutely fantastic to see someone from Microsoft requesting the same feature that we need! Having a standard meeting time slot of 25, 55, 85 minutes, etc makes sense on so many levels. Look at what we call the 'academic hour' which is 55 minutes (or is it 50?). You need time to physically transport yourself from one classroom to the next. In a business setting, the current meeting attendees need to get out of the room and the new ones in. We are using lots of Skype coupled with some small conference room skype solutions. Here it's not a physical movement, but we need recycled OXYGEN in the room; pretty vital for a functioning meeting brain :-) (P.S. Lotus Notes can do this)
I recall once using a plug in to Outlook that would not allow back-to-back meetings. Does this still exist?
- Do not know. I have never seen such a plug in. And I would not be a fan of a plug in for such a specific purpose, would rather see MS put this capability into the Outlook baseline functionality.
