Can't Schedule Teams Meetings from Outlook

When using Outlook, sometimes you may notice that the option to "Meet Now" or "Teams Meeting" is missing from your Outlook ribbon in the calendar section. If so, you can try the following troubleshooting methods below!

Method 1

Reopen Teams and Outlook

For the Teams-Outlook Add-in to work, Teams needs to start before Outlook. If it doesn't, it can pose a few issues such as the one we're discussing in this article. By default, Teams is set to start alongside your computer, but there can be exceptions.

Step 1:

Ensure Outlook and Teams are open, then open Task Manager by right-clicking on your taskbar and clicking on Task Manager. (You may have to click show more details to see the full view)

Step 2:

Select Outlook and click "End Task", then select Teams and click "End Task"

Step 3:

Reopen Teams, then Outlook and verify that the Teams integration is working again. 

Method 2

Re-enable the Outlook-Teams Add-in

Sometimes when Outlook crashes or takes too long to start up, it disables the add-in it deemed as the cause of the crash or extended startup. To fix this, you'll have to go into your Outlook's options and re-enable it.

Step 1:

Go to File > Options > Add-ins in the Outlook Ribbon

Step 2:

If the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office is inactive, then re-enable it by selecting "Manage COM Add-ins" and clicking on "Go"

Step 3:

Ensure the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office is checked and click "OK"

Step 4:

If the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office is disabled, go back to File and click on "Slow and Disabled COM Add-ins", then click "Enable this add-in"

Step 5:

Finally, close Outlook, then reopen Teams and Outlook in that order and verify that the Teams integration is working again.