The appointment will transform into an email form with a To line and a Send button as soon as you click the Invite Attendees button. To open the address book, click the To button, then click a name, and finally click Required. Click the Optional button next to a participant’s name if their presence at the meeting is not required.
Explain the purpose of the invitation to those participants whose presence is “voluntary.” When you designate someone on your meeting invitation as an optional attendee, that person has no way of understanding how essential it is to you that they arrive, why you want them there, or if you don’t care at all but are simply being polite about it because you listed them as an optional attendee.
When a participant is marked “Required,” it indicates that their presence at the meeting is necessary. “Optional” means that the selected attendee has the option to attend but isn’t required.
Allow for a Discretionary Attendance Policy During the Process of Creating an Event After adding the attendee’s name and email address, move the cursor over the information you just added. You’ll notice a gray contact (person) icon on the right side of the screen. Simply click on that icon to designate your visitor as a voluntary addition. When you have completed this step, the icon will become white to denote that it is in the optional state.
Invite people outside your organization Proceed to the section that’s labeled “Add needed attendees.” Choose the Optional attendance option if there are any attendees whose presence is not required. Enter the complete email address of the person (for example, [email protected]). Select Invite. They will get a link to the meeting in an email that will be sent to them.
Allow for a Discretionary Attendance Policy During the Process of Creating an Event After adding the attendee’s name and email address, move the cursor over the information you just added. You’ll notice a gray contact (person) icon on the right side of the screen. Simply click on that icon to designate your visitor as a voluntary addition. When you have completed this step, the icon will become white to denote that it is in the optional state.
Remove participants during a live video conference. Once in a video meeting: On the top left, tap the meeting name. On the “People” tab, next to a participant, tap Menu. Remove .
People from outside your organization should be invited. Proceed to the section that’s labeled “Add needed attendees.” Choose the Optional attendance option if there are any attendees whose presence is not required. Enter the complete email address of the person (for example, [email protected]). Select Invite. They will get a link to the meeting in an email that will be sent to them.