MC690180 - Additional Teams Meeting Templates Added to Outlook Teams Add-In

Updated April 15, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Virtual appointment, Webinar, and Town hall are Teams meeting templates that are accessible via the 'New meeting' dropdown menu in Teams Calendar App. We are now expanding how you can access these meeting templates by adding them to the meeting templates menu in the Outlook Windows client in the Teams Meeting Add-In. When in Outlook Calendar, select the dropdown menu next to the Teams meeting Add-In button to see the list of meeting templates now available. When a meeting template has been selected, the Teams App will open via a deeplink and directly open the meeting template scheduling form. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181621

When this will happen:

We will begin rolling out early December and expect to complete by late April 2024 (previously mid-March).

How this will affect your organization:

This will add another entry point for users to access the virtual appointment, webinar, and town hall meeting templates from. The meeting templates menu in the Teams Add-In in Outlook Windows is already available, and this will be aa set of templates now added to that menu to achieve the same template availability of Teams. 

What you need to do to prepare:

If you want to make any changes to who in your organization can access the virtual appointment, webinar, or town hall meeting templates, refer to the following instructions:

• Manage meeting templates in Microsoft Teams
• Plan for Teams webinars
• Plan for Teams town halls