Invite people to a meeting in Microsoft Teams

Before a meeting #

  • In your Teams calendar, when scheduling or editing a meeting, use the Add required attendees or Add optional attendees box to search for and invite people. Then, you can use the scheduling assistant to see times when everyone is free. For details, see Schedule a meeting.
  • You can also schedule a Teams meeting and invite people from Outlook. For details, see Schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook.

During a meeting #

  • When you’re in a meeting, select People  People or Show Participants button in your meeting controls to see the people who were invited but haven’t joined yet.
  • To ask someone who was invited to join the meeting, point to their name and select Request to join.
  • You can also type a person’s name or phone number in the Invite someone or dial a number field to add someone who wasn’t previously invited.
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