With the announcement of Skype Business Online’s retirement, Microsoft is working to better Teams to provide enhanced communication and collaboration features built-in with Office 365 apps. In this, they are rolling out a new scheduling form by mid-February 2020.
How does that affect you?
Microsoft is replacing the existing scheduling form with a new form that provides an improved view of available time; allows changing event information from the scheduling assistant tab; and includes an option for required and optional attendees. The new form also includes search within the location picker. All these, while retaining the existing scheduling functionalities.
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The new Teams scheduling form.
Additional features for organizers include:
- All-day events: a new toggle converts meetings to an all-day event.
- Availability status: both people and location search provide a visual clue (red) to indicate non-availability.
- Cancellation with a message: provides a message when cancelling an event if desired.
- Tabs in edit/view mode: tabs provide easy access to chats, meeting notes, files, scheduling assistant, and whiteboard.
- Time zone picker: meeting schedulers can select the time zone they wish to use for the meeting; by default, the form selects the system time zone.
Those invited to a meeting may choose whether to RSVP and, if so, to add a message to an RSVP if desired.
You may learn more about scheduling meetings in Teams here