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How does one start a scheduled meeting in Teams Free ?
This seems a silly question, but I cannot see any of my future scheduled meetings in my Teams Desktop, and without such I cannot start the meetings ! I am guessing that this is related to the lack of an integrated Outlook calendar or corporate Office365 account ? This would seem sensible, but I have not seen posts anywhere that confirm that. I am now trying to include 'schedule via Google Calendar' - the only option available - when I first attempt to schedule within Teams, but so far have not managed to do that..
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robgoch This feature (scheduled meetings) has just been rolled out in Teams free! You couldn't do it two weeks ago.
Differences between Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams free
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/differences-between-microsoft-teams-and-microsoft-teams-free-0b69cf39-eb52-49af-b255-60d46fdf8a9c
Getting started with meetings in Teams free
https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/getting-started-with-meetings-in-teams-free-f307d79a-11ce-47e3-91ac-f5f615c7572a
You can manually sign out and in if you're not seeing the options. The roll-out can take some time so be patient if no success!
See this as well! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2020/06/12/custom-backgrounds-microsoft-teams-video-meetings-fun-comfortable-personal/?irgwc=1&OCID=AID2000142_aff_7792_1246483&tduid=%28ir__mnju3voqvokftyqbkk0sohz3xm2xnbhk2v9biw9w00%29%287792%29%281246483%29%28%28a24ebb0704bc2ab2374a5a6997188201%29%28190946%29%281929402%29%282728X590260X013d2341e35c8e7330f8679caed3cd26%29%28%29%29%28a24ebb0704bc2ab2374a5a6997188201%29&irclickid=_mnju3voqvokftyqbkk0sohz3xm2xnbhk2v9biw9w00
ChristianBergstrom Thanks for getting back; I can certainly 'schedule' meetings now - we've had a couple of successful ones since. But I still cannot see anywhere in Teams Free that lists any meetings I've scheduled that are yet to start: I'm thinking specifically of the equivalent page in, say, the Zoom application where one can see any scheduled meetings and then choose to start one by pressing a button (-having already sent out the invite link).
I can start a meeting by (a) copying the link and emailing to myself; (b) scheduling in a Google Calendar (-I haven't got Outlook), then clicking the link that appears in there after saving. Both work, but aren't seamless, and feel a little clunky.
It might be that Teams Free is not going to get that facility, which I think is a pity: it is good to have a place where one can see what's been arranged, and then start the meeting from there.
robgoch Hey, I hear you. As for the "full Teams scheduling experience" one would need to be enabled for a subscriptions including a mailbox.
