Overview

Schedule a meeting using Scheduling Poll in Outlook

Instructions 

• Outlook on the Web

• Outlook for Mac

• Outlook for Microsoft 365 on Windows

Brief description of what should be possible once the task is completed

Outlook on the Web

1. Create a new email or select an email to reply to. List required attendees for the meeting in the To field and optional attendees in the Cc field. Select Scheduling poll in the Message tab. 

    

   

    

   

2. Create a new meeting event or select an existing event to edit it. List required attendees in the Invite attendees field and click the optional button to add optional attendees. Select Scheduling poll in the Event tab.

    

    

    

   

Outlook for Mac

1. Create a new email or select an email to reply to. List required attendees for the meeting in the To field and optional attendees in the Cc field. Select Scheduling Poll from the compose toolbar**.

    

   

2. Drag and drop Scheduling Poll into the toolbar.

Outlook for Windows

1. In Mail, you can access Scheduling Poll as follows:

   1. Select Reply with Scheduling Poll on the Home tab when an email is open in the reading pane.

       

      

   2. Launch the compose pane by either creating a new message or hitting reply/forward for an existing message. List required recipients in the To field and optional recipients in the Cc field. Then, on the Message tab, select New Scheduling Poll.

       

      

2. In Calendar, you can access Scheduling Poll by either launching the compose form to create a new meeting event or opening an existing event in the edit form. List required attendees in the Required field and optional attendees in the Optional field. Select New Scheduling Poll under the Meeting tab.