| Outlook Web Access |

| Inbox |

| Calendar |

| Viewing Your Schedule |
| Events |
| Appointments |
| Responding to Meeting Requests |
| Planning Meetings |

| Requesting a Meeting |
| Checking the Availability of Attendees |
| Rescheduling Meetings |

| Recurring Items |

| Contacts |

| Public Folders |

| Options |

# Requesting a Meeting

To organize a meeting with at least one other person, use the New Meeting Request form.

1. From the New drop-down menu in the main Outlook Web Access toolbar, choose Meeting Request. The New Meeting Request window will open.
2. In the Required Attendees and Optional Attendees boxes, type the names of the people you would like in attendance. See Checking the Availability of Attendees for more information.
3. In the Subject box, type the meeting's topic.
4. In the Location box, type the place where the meeting is to be held.
5. In the Start Time and End Time drop-down boxes, select the appropriate times.
6. In the message text area, type any message you want to accompany your meeting request.
7. Click Send.

Each attendee is sent a meeting request and the new item is added to your schedule.This is a paragraph of text.

| Note In order to see the new item in your calendar immediately, you'll have to select your browser's Refresh button.

Every attendee can choose to accept or decline the invitation and their replies to your meeting request inform you of their decision. As a result, each attendee's status is automatically recorded on the Meeting Request. As the meeting organizer, you can click on the Attendee Status tab to see who has or has not accepted your invitation.

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