Starting an instant meeting is an excellent option if you don't have meeting scheduling capability in Outlook or Teams. Just like with scheduled meetings, everyone who attends your meeting will continue to have access to the meeting chat, the recording, and anything else people share in the meeting (like files and meeting notes), even after the meeting ends.

There are a couple of ways to get an impromptu meeting going with just a few clicks.

From your calendar

1. Go to Calendar  on the left side of Teams, then select Meet now  in the upper right corner.

2. Edit the Meeting name and select Get a link to share a link to the meeting.

   1. If you select Get a link to share, you can select Configure meeting options, where you can change meeting options.

3. When ready, select Start meeting to open the meeting pre-join screen.

4. Select Join now to enter the meeting.

In a channel

To start an instant channel meeting:

1. Choose the channel you want to meet in from your chat and channels list.

2. In the Posts tab, look for Meet  in the top-right corner.

3. From the drop-down menu, select Meet now.

   1. To keep the context of a specific conversation, choose Reply below any post, then Meet now  under the compose box.

4. Select Join now to enter the meeting.

From a group chat

Instant meetings in group chats are a way to meet with members of a chat spontaneously without disrupting or ringing others. Group chat meetings are also a way to ensure meeting recordings and messages stay in the same place.

To start an instant meeting from a group chat:

1. Open the group chat you want to start an instant meeting in.

2. At the top of the chat, select Meet now .

   • After you start an instant meeting in a group chat, others will see from their chat list that a meeting has started in that group chat.

   • They can open the group chat and select Join to enter the meeting.

3. Select the live indicator at the top of the group chat to view participants.
   
   

4. Select Ring others to join to notify others in the group chat about the instant meeting.
   
   

   • To ring individual people, select their names and select Ring.

   • To ring everyone who isn't in the instant meeting, select Ring all.

5. Select Leave from your call window to leave the instant meeting.

   Note: If you're not the last person to leave an instant meeting, you can rejoin by opening the group chat and selecting Join. When the last person leaves the meeting, everyone will be notified that the meeting has ended.

From chat using commands

Start an instant meeting in any chat using commands.

To start an instant chat meeting:

1. Open the chat conversation you want to start an instant meeting in.

2. Type /meetnow in the compose box.

3. Press the Enter or Tab key on your keyboard.

To learn more, see Use commands in Microsoft Teams.