Invite people to a meeting in Microsoft Teams

Invite people to a meeting

Before a meeting

Go to your Teams calendar.
Select or schedule a Teams meeting.
In the meeting details, add attendee names to the Add required attendees or Add optional attendees fields.
Select Scheduling Assistant to find the best meeting time for all your attendees.
Add the rest of your meeting details.
Select Send.

To learn more, see Schedule a meeting in Teams or Schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook.

During a meeting

To add people to a meeting you're already in:

Select People in your meeting controls.
- To ask someone who was invited to join the meeting, hover over their name and select Request to join.
- To add someone who wasn't previously invited, type their name or phone number in the Invite someone or dial a number field.

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.

When you're in a meeting, tap People People or Show Participants button to see who was invited but hasn't joined the meeting yet.

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 Add team icon. to add someone who was previously not invited.

Invite people to a meeting in Microsoft Teams