Objective:
Microsoft's
current user experience between a Teams' calendar as viewed in Teams vs. that
same calendar when viewed in Outlook, is currently clunky. Understanding a few
basic rules, however, and all will be well.
Quick
Points:
o Use Outlook to:
o
Create plain/traditional meeting invites
& calendar entries
o
Schedule Teams meetings with
external parties
o Use Teams...
o Only for scheduling
internal Teams meetings
Teams
vs. Outlook - Understanding Meeting Creation:
o What's a Teams Meeting?
o A Teams meeting is a calendar event populated with Teams
join links and dial-in information.
o Events created in Outlook:
o
Will show in only Outlook!
o
This includes Teams
meetings created in Outlook
o Events created Teams:
o
Will always be Teams
meetings.
o
Will appear in both Teams and
Outlook.
o
Will invite everyone on the Team at
once (this is cool).
o Other Info:
o
Outlook supports Months views, Teams
does not!
o
Outlook supports creating Teams meetings with external parties.
o
Creating Teams meetings in
Teams works only for internal staff!
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