TL;DR:
A new Teams Meeting type; ‘Virtual Appointment’ will appear in the ‘New meeting’ dropdown menu in the Teams Calendar. This is a free feature (do not confuse with Advanced Virtual Appointments) that brings enhanced business-to-consumer meeting features into the Teams scheduling experience. When meeting with someone from outside of your organisation, the Virtual Appointment meeting can be used to ensure the person you are meeting with has a seamless experience with the meeting from start to finish – all without having to learn or download new tools. Now due early April to late May 2023.
Details:
The external guests invited will receive a customised meeting invitation that includes key appointment details and a quick-join button, which allows them to join the meeting from anywhere, without downloading Teams, and enter a pre-appointment waiting room before the meeting begins. This provides a familiar experience to internal users and makes external user join a seamless experience.
Creating a Virtual Appointment on Teams desktop:
Joining a Virtual Appointment on mobile:
For the admins:
When the Virtual Appointment Teams Meeting Template rolls out in February, it can be managed from the Teams Admin Center. To restrict who can access the template, navigate to Teams Admin Centre > Meetings > Meeting template policies to show/hide the template based on global and group policies in the tenant. To restrict the default value and visibility of the Teams Meeting Options within the Virtual Appointment Meeting Template, navigate to Teams Admin Centre > Meetings > Meeting templates > Virtual appointment > Edit and configure options. Read more: Manage meeting templates in Microsoft Teams – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn.
Availability:Early to late February 2023.
Now due early April to late May 2023.
Source, related links, and references:
MC488588.
The first three features discussed in this blog post are available in all Microsoft 365 plans, not just Teams Premium: Introducing Advanced Virtual Appointments in Microsoft Teams Premium – Microsoft Community Hub.
Check status:
Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100705.
Page originally published:
26th December 2022 and kept up to date.
