Microsoft 365

How to schedule a Teams meeting with external attendees

Set up a Microsoft Teams meeting and invite people outside your organization.

8 steps

Walkthrough

Step-by-step

  1. 1

    Open teams.microsoft.com

  2. 2

    Click the 'Calendar' tab in the left sidebar

  3. 3

    Click '+ New meeting' in the top-right corner

  4. 4

    Enter the meeting title in the 'Add title' field

  5. 5

    In 'Add required attendees,' type external email addresses in full

    Use the complete address ([email protected]) — Teams won't autocomplete external addresses.

  6. 6

    Set the date, start time, and end time

  7. 7

    Add a meeting description, agenda, and any attachments

  8. 8

    Click 'Save' — Teams emails the invite and dial-in details automatically