Channel meetings in Microsoft Teams

Applies To
Teams Microsoft Teams

Meet with members of a Microsoft Teams channel instantly or by scheduling a channel meeting. When you have a meeting in a channel, everyone in the team can see it as a post in the channel and join from there.

Schedule a channel meeting

  1. Select Teams Teams button  in Teams.

  2. Select the channel you want to schedule a meeting in.

  3. Select the dropdown arrow next to Meet now Meet now button .

    • In the Posts layout, select the dropdown arrow next to Meet now Meet now camera button .

  4. Select Schedule a meeting Schedule a meeting button .

  5. Add meeting details.

    • To send attendees personal invites, manually add them in the Add required attendees Add required attendees button field or turn on the Send personal invites toggle.

  6. Select Send.

Note

Scheduling channel meetings isn’t supported in private channels.

Meet instantly in a channel

  1. Select Teams Teams button  in Teams.

  2. Select the channel you want to start an instant meeting in.

  3. Select Meet now Meet now button .

    • In the Posts layout, select Meet now Meet now camera button .

  4. Select Join now.

  5. Invite people to join the meeting.

Members of the channel can see and join the meeting in the channel Posts or Conversations feed.

Chat in a channel meeting

  1. Select Chat Chat button  in the meeting controls.
  2. Type a message in the compose box and press Enter or select Send.

All channel meeting conversations appear as their own threads in the channel’s Posts or Conversations feed.

Screenshot showing the threaded meeting chat in a Microsoft Teams channel.

Participate in the channel meeting conversation by replying to messages in the channel meeting post or start a new conversation by selecting Start a thread Start a thread button .

Join a meeting in Microsoft Teams

Choose your channel layout in Microsoft Teams