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Sometimes an email comes in that is best dealt with by having a coming together. Here's how to create a meeting directly from an email in either the Microsoft Outlook desktop client or the Outlook web app.

No one likes cutting and pasting the contents of an email into a meeting asking, nor manually typing in the names of the people who need to attend. Creating a meeting—either a physical meeting or in Microsoft Teams—direct from an electronic mail avoids that tiresome work.

Create a Meeting in the Outlook Customer.

There are two ways to create a meeting directly from an email in the Microsoft Outlook desktop client.

The first method is to select the electronic mail and click Home > Meeting in the ribbon.

The "Home" tab of the ribbon with the "Meeting" button highlighted.

Alternatively, open the email past double-clicking it and click Bulletin > Meeting in the email ribbon.

The "Message" tab of the ribbon with the "Meeting" button highlighted.

Whichever method you choose, a new meeting request will open up with the contents of the e-mail in the trunk of the request, and the recipients as attendees. Anyone in the "To" field of the original email volition exist a Required attendee, and anyone in the "CC" field volition be an Optional attendee.

If you want to convert information technology to a Teams meeting, click the "Teams Meeting" button in the meeting asking.

The "Teams Meeting" button on the meeting request.

Create a Meeting in the Outlook Web App

To create a meeting straight from an electronic mail in the Outlook spider web app, click on the email so information technology'southward open up in the preview pane or double-click the email to open it fully. Click the three-dot card icon in the top right-mitt side of the email and select Other Reply Actions > Reply All Past Meeting.

The "Other reply actions" and "Reply all by meeting" menu options.

A new meeting request volition open with the contents of the e-mail in the trunk of the request and the recipients equally attendees. Anyone in the "To" field of the original email volition be a Required attendee, and anyone in the "CC" field will be an Optional attendee.

If you want to convert it to a Teams meeting, toggle on the "Teams Meeting" pick in the coming together asking.

The "Teams meeting" button on the meeting request.

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