The Outlook Calendar adds Teams Meetings as the location for most meetings. You can change this by following the directions below.

From Outlook for Windows

1. To change default behavior, click on “File” in upper lefthand corner of Outlook.

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2. Click “Options” at the bottom lefthand side of screen.

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3. Select Calendar (#1 below)

4. You can uncheck “Add online meeting to all meetings:” and it will remove Teams meeting from all of your scheduled Outlook calendar meetings.

5. Should you want to change the default from Teams to WebEx meetings click on “Meeting Providers” and #4 will pop up. Choose “Cisco Webex Scheduler” if you prefer WebEx meetings.

6. After you have unchecked “Add online meeting to all meetings:” You can simply add Teams or WebEx features to meetings as needed using the icons on the meeting invitation ribbon. Pic below.

Note: Outlook 2021 does not feature the ‘Add online meeting to all meetings’ option. For this version of Outlook, you can choose the type of meeting that you would like to set up on the ‘New Meeting Request’ screen. You can locate this feature at the top toolbar under the ‘Meeting’ tab.

From Outlook for Mac, New Outlook (version 16.75.2)

1. To change default behavior, click on Outlook in the upper left File Menu

2. Click on Preferences…

3. Under Other, click on Calendar

4. Next to Add online meeting to all events:, click Configure…

5. Choose your meeting preference and then click Save

From Outlook for Mac, old Outlook (version 16.75.2)

1. To change default behavior, click on Outlook in the upper left File Menu

2. Click on Preferences…

3. Under Other, click on Calendar

4. Under Calendar Options, unselect Add online meeting to all meetings (Applies to Microsoft 365 accounts only)