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In this article:
How to cancel a meeting
How to change a meeting time or date
How to invite other people to a meeting

How to cancel a meeting

  1. Open the meeting from your calendar by double-clicking on it. 

  2. Click the Cancel Meeting button in the top left corner. 

  3. Click the Send Cancellation button to notify the attendees. 

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How to invite other people to a meeting (Inviting people)

When initially creating the meeting invitation, the meeting owner can send invitations based on whether the attendees are required to join the meeting or not.  

  1. If an attendee is required to participate in the meeting, enter their email address in the Required field. If the attendee is not required to participate, enter their email in the Optional field. 

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The scheduling assistant can be used to ensure that both optional and required attendees are available to join the meeting, as shown below.  

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2. After entering the email addresses of all attendees, click Send

Note

When creating an appointment, you will have to select “Invite Attendees” to show the Required and Optional fields, as shown below.

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To add additional attendees in an existing meeting, follow the steps below:  

  1. Double-click the meeting in Outlook to open it, then add the new attendees in the Required or Optional field, depending on their role in the meeting. The Scheduling Assistant can also be used to confirm their availability  

  2. Click Send Update and then select one of the following options: 

    1. Send updates only to added or deleted attendees.

This option will only send invites to the newly added or removed attendees 

   b. Send updates to all attendees.

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  1. their availability. For more information about using the Scheduling Assistant, please refer to the following article: Scheduling Assistant - Outlook

  2. Click Send Update.

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  3. A new window will appear, requiring you to select between:

  • Sending an update to modified attendees only
    or

  • Sending an update to everyone

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4. Make your selection and click OK 

More information including inviting meeting attendees when initially creating the meeting, please see the article: Inviting people to meeting in Outlook - desktop

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