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Microsoft Outlook may add an online Microsoft Teams meeting to all invites by default. This can cause confusion when attempting to schedule an in-person or Zoom meeting as the Teams meeting isn't automatically removed. If you do not want Microsoft Teams meetings to be added to every meeting you create, you can turn this setting off.

Instructions

Outlook for Windows

1. In Outlook for Windows, choose File and then Options.

2. Select the Calendar tab of Outlook Options dialog box.

3. Uncheck Add online meeting to all meetings:
   
   
   

4. If you prefer, you can select Zoom instead of Teams as the default meeting provider for your meetings by clicking Meeting Providers:
   

5. Click OK on all dialog boxes and restart Outlook.

Alternative Method for Windows

If the option to disable this setting is not available as described above, you can disable the Teams add-in for Outlook as a workaround:

1. In Outlook, choose File and then Options.

2. Select the Add-ins tab of Outlook Options dialog box.

3. Confirm that Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office is listed in the Active Application Add-ins list.

4. If the Teams Meeting Add-in is listed in the Active Application Add-ins list, select COM Add-ins in Manage and then select Go:
   
   

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5. Uncheck the checkbox next to Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office:
   
   

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6. Choose OK on all dialog boxes and restart Outlook.

Outlook for Mac

1. In Outlook, click Outlook in the menu tool bar then Preferences:
   
   

    

2. In the Outlook Preferences window, click Calendar.

3. In the Calendar window, under Calendar Options, click Configure:
   
   
   

4. In the new window, uncheck the box next to Add online meeting to all meetings, then click Save:
   
   

Outlook on the web

1. From https://mail.albany.edu, click the gear icon near the top right.

2. Go to Calendar (or go right there via https://outlook.office.com/mail/options/calendar/view) and uncheck Add online meeting to all meetings: