Teams & Channels: Start an instant meeting


Introduction

You can start an open meeting within any team channel at the touch of a button. Bear in mind, that meetings that take place within a channel are open, meaning they are available to anyone in that team.

Instructions

To start an instant channel meeting:

  1. Go to Teams Teams button  on the left side of the app.
     Microsoft teams with arrow pointing at Teams.
     
  2. Choose the channel you want to meet in from the list.
    Channel list.
     
  3. In the Posts tab, look for Meet in the top-right corner. From the drop-down, select Meet now. Or, to keep the context of a specific conversation, choose Reply below any post, and then Meet now under the box where you'd type your message.
    Meet dropdown.
     
  4. Give your meeting a title and choose whether you want to include video.
  5. When you're ready, hit Join now.

To invite people:

  1. Start typing the name or phone number of someone you want to invite in the box under People in the top right. Select them when they appear in the list, and they'll get a call right away.
    Add participants.
     
  2. You can also invite people by copying the meeting link and sending it to anyone you want to meet with. Just choose Copy join info and paste the link in a message.