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When a developer joins a team, they need to find the important meetings like the Daily Scrum and the Sprint Review. Unfortunately, these meetings are often organized by a team member and there is no way to find them.
When a developer joins a team, they need to find important meetings like the Daily Scrum and the Sprint Review. Unfortunately, these meetings are often organized by a team member and there is no way to find them.

Ideally, a new team member would jump into Microsoft Teams and find the team they are joining. Then they would see all the important meetings from within the team and join them as needed.

From then on, they would be able to see those appointments in Microsoft Outlook and edit them as needed.

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In the past, the best way to do this was to create a SharePoint page with a Group Calendar web part, then add this as a tab in Teams. Microsoft Teams have since released Channel Calendars, which are better because they are built in.
In the past, the best way to do this was to create a SharePoint page with a Group Calendar web part, and then add this as a tab in Teams. Microsoft Teams have since released Channel Calendars, which are better because they are built in.

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![Figure: Bad example - A team member searching for the Daily Scrum cannot find it if it is scheduled like a normal meeting](teams-meetings-bad-example.png)
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## Setup - Make the calendar visible to the team

Before anyone can view and edit the appointment, it needs to be setup correctly to allow editing.
Before anyone can view and edit the appointment, it needs to be set up correctly to allow editing.

There are 2 steps:

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Set-UnifiedGroup -identity {{ GROUP NAME }} -HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled:$False
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**Note:** [This command](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-unifiedgroup?view=exchange-ps#-hiddenfromexchangeclientsenabled) will also make the teams group email address show in the global address list (GAL).
**Note:** [This command](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-unifiedgroup?view=exchange-ps#-hiddenfromexchangeclientsenabled) will also make the teams' group email address show in the global address list (GAL).

More info: [Removing a Meeting in a Teams Channel when the organizer is gone](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams/removing-a-meeting-in-a-teams-channel-when-the-organizer-is-gone/m-p/2106354).

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![Figure: Microsoft Outlook group calendars allow meetings to be edited](team-calendar.png)

## Manage Appointments - Team members create, join, edit and leave meetings themselves
## Manage Appointments - Team members create, join, edit, and leave meetings themselves

Now that the team calendars are properly configured, it is easy to:

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Creating a meeting should always be done from Microsoft Teams because Microsoft Outlook doesn't support setting the channel. To create a meeting:

1. Follow the rule on [how to create recurring teams meetings for a channel](/create-recurring-teams-meetings-for-a-channel)
1. Follow the rule on [how to create recurring team meetings for a channel](/create-recurring-teams-meetings-for-a-channel)

### B. Join a meeting

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To update a meeting, you must change the details from the Microsoft Outlook group calendar:

1. Go to **Microsoft Outlook | Calendars | All Group Calendars**
2. Open the relevant calendar (same as team name)
2. Open the relevant calendar (same as the team name)
3. Open the appointment and select **The entire series**
4. Make changes as needed

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To leave a meeting properly:

1. Go to **Microsoft Outlook | Calendars | All Group Calendars**
2. Open the relevant calendar (same as team name)
2. Open the relevant calendar (same as the team name)
3. Open the appointment and select **The entire series**
4. Remove yourself as a participant
5. Double check that no other mailboxes have been added which include you e.g. the Team mailbox
5. Double-check that no other mailboxes have been added which include you e.g. the Team mailbox

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![Figure: Bad example - Hitting decline on a Microsoft Outlook calendar item only removes you from the meeting temporarily](declining-appointment.png)
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