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Removing Teams Meetings from Outlook Web Invites

By default, Outlook Web will create a meeting in Microsoft Teams for any new events with one or more invitees. This behavior can be disabled on a one-off basis or permanently as an account setting change.

 
  1. On your computer, sign in to outlook.office.com/mail/.
  2. Navigate to the Calendar panel.
  3. Create a new event and add one or more invitees.

    A screenshot of the Outlook Web calendar panel, with a cursor indicating to the New Event button

     

  4. To disable the Teams meeting for this event, toggle the "Teams meeting" switch to the off position. Hint: add a Zoom Meeting by pasting an invite link into the Location field.

    A screenshot of the Outlook Web New Event dialog, with a cursor indicating towards the "Teams Meeting" toggle that is set to "off"

     

  5. To permanently disable automatic Teams meeting creation, first click on the Settings menu in the top-right of the page. Search "events" in the search bar and choose the option "Events you create".

    A screenshot of the Outlook Web Settings menu, indicating to search "events" and then choose the result "events you create"

     

  6. Uncheck the box for "Add online meetings to all meetings" and click save to finalize this change. Teams meetings will no longer be automatically be created for your Outlook Web meetings.

    A screenshot of the Outlook Web Events and Invitations settings menu, with a cursor indicating to a setting "Add online meetings to all meetings" which is disabled.