Join a Meeting from within Teams
Join a Meeting from Outlook
From the Calendar View
- Open Outlook, and choose to view your Calendar
- Find your scheduled meeting, and double click to open
- In the meeting click 'Join Microsoft Teams Meeting' link to begin meeting
If Teams is installed, the app will launch and you can setup your meeting experience before joining. As shown below, there is the ability to enable or disable webcam, blurred background and microphone (from left to right below 'Join now' button) Option to blur background will only be enabled if you enable your webcam, as shown below it is currently turned off.
Note, if you have more than one webcam, microphone or set of speakers choose 'PC Mic and Speakers' to specify what equipment is used for your meeting. If using a notebook and dock this is of special importance. Instructions on device management can be found here.
- Once webcam and audio is configured, click 'Join now'
Join a meeting from Your Phone
You Must have the Microsoft Teams app install. Please first download it from the Store on your device and run so that you can login.
- Click the meeting link from your email or calendar invite
- You will be switched to the Teams app
- If prompted for 'Teams would like to Use Bluetooth', choose 'Ok'
- If prompted for 'Teams would like to access your camera', choose 'Ok'
- You will now be joined to the Teams meeting
Additional Teams How-To Pages
- Adding Users or Groups in Microsoft Teams
- Create a Team in Microsoft Teams
- External/Guest User Meeting Experience
- External/Guest User Teams Experience
- Join a Microsoft Teams Meeting
- Manage Your Microsoft Teams Meeting
- Managing Teams Notifications
- Microsoft Teams Audio and Video Setup
- Scheduling Meetings in Microsoft Teams
- Team and Group Expiration Policy
- Using Chat in Microsoft Teams