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How to invite someone to a Teams Meeting

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Published onJune 14, 2022

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Microsoft Teams has emerged out asone of the most popular team collaboration appin the global communication tools market. Effective video meetings, quality collaborations, user chat options, Teams offers it all.

If you’re a regular Teams user, sooner or later, you’re going to have to invite people to your Teams meetings. In what follows, we’ll discuss how exactly you can do that. So let’s get started.

How to invite someone to a Teams meetings

How to invite someone to a Teams meetings

On the Microsoft Teams app, there are two ways you can invite someone to a Teams meeting. First, when you’re inside a meeting, and second, when you’re yet to start a meeting but would like to add people beforehand. Here’s how you can get started.

Invite someone during a meeting

When you’re in a meeting, click on theShow participantsto see the people who were sent an invitation but who haven’t joined in yet. Then, to invite them in to join, click onRequest to join. That’s it. Do this, and you’ll be able to add new folks while your meeting is going on.

In contrast, to invite new people to your meeting—people that you hadn’t added earlier—you can look them up by their names or email addresses, and then send an invite.

Invite someone before a meeting

But if you’re looking to add someone to your meeting beforehand, then you’ll be taking a different approach. Here’s how.

To add someone to your Teams meeting beforehand, click on theAdd required attendeesorAdd optional attendeesoption. This will let you search and invite people to your meeting.

If you need help in setting up the Teams meeting itself, then give ourguide on creating Teams meeting a go.

Inviting someone to a Teams Meeting

Inviting someone to a Teams Meeting

So that’s about it, folks. Inviting someone to a Teams meeting doesn’t have to be complicated. And thanks to the Teams developers, it isn’t. We hope this article helps in your goals.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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