Invite people to a meeting in Microsoft Teams
Add people to a meeting
Before a meeting
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Go to your Teams calendar.
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Select or schedule a Teams meeting.
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In the meeting details, add attendee names to the Add required attendees or Add optional attendees fields.
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Select Scheduling Assistant to find the best meeting time for all your attendees.
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Add the rest of your meeting details.
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Select Send.
To learn more, see Schedule a meeting in Teamsor Schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook.
During a meeting
To add people to a meeting you're already in:
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Select People
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To ask someone who was invited to join the meeting, hover over their name and select Request to join.
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To add someone who wasn't previously invited, type their name or phone number in the Invite someone or dial a number field.
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Note: Up to 1,000 invitees can join and participate during a Teams meeting. Up to 10,000 invitees can join as view-only attendees in meetings that already have 1,000 participants.
Forward a meeting
Invite someone to a meeting you didn’t organize by forwarding the meeting to them. When you forward a meeting to someone, they’ll receive a meeting request that appears to come from the meeting organizer. The meeting organizer will be notified that you forwarded the meeting.
Note: If the organizer turned off Allow forwarding in Response options, you won’t be able to forward the meeting or series.
Select the Teams calendar you’re using below.
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Select Calendar
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Select the meeting you want to forward.
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Select View event
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Select Forward
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If it’s a meeting series, select This event to forward the single occurrence or All events in the series to forward the entire series.
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In the To field, enter who you want to forward the event or series to.
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Add an optional message for the recipient to see.
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Select Send
To learn more about the new calendar in Teams, see Get started with the new calendar in Microsoft Teams.
To forward a meeting:
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Select Calendar
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Double-click the meeting you want to forward.
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In Details, select Forward
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If it’s a meeting series, select Forward occurrence to forward the single occurrence or Forward series to forward the entire series.
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Add who you want to forward the meeting to.
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Add an optional note for the recipient to see.
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Select Forward.
Mobile
When you're in a meeting, tap People
To send someone a reminder to join the meeting, tap their profile picture and choose Call in to the meeting.
You can also tap Add people 
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