MC1059668 - Microsoft Teams: Meeting option suggestions in classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows

Service

Microsoft Teams

Published

Apr 21, 2025

Tag

New feature
User impact

Platforms

Desktop

Summary

The Microsoft Teams Meeting add-in for classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows will soon suggest meeting options based on meeting details. This feature will roll out in June 2025 and will be available by default. No admin action is required, but organizations should notify users and update documentation.

More information

Coming soon: The Microsoft Teams Meeting add-in in classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop will suggest meeting options to meeting organizers based on meeting details, helping organizers easily schedule meetings with optimized settings from the scheduling form.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 487858.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025.

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, meeting organizers that have the Teams add-in installed for classic Outlook for Windows desktop will be able to see Meeting option suggestions in the new Setup pane of the scheduling form when they schedule a Teams meeting. meeting organizers can open the Setup pane from the Teams Meeting add-in ribbon in the form, or the pane will automatically open when suggestions are available.

A meeting organizer can save or accept the suggestions and easily update Meeting options from the pane.

This feature will be available by default.

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Refer to documentation on how to manage, install, and troubleshoot the Teams COM add-in for Classic Outlook for Windows:

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.