Recurring teams/outlook meeting do not have a Join button anymore (except the very first one)

Anonymous
2023-02-06T16:46:39+00:00

I, the organizer, and everybody else can join the very first meeting of a series (custom schedule: every 2 weeks).

But from the very next event in the series the toggle "online meeting" is off. Also I can not switch it on (so I can, but when I save and go back into editing this series, it's off again). Which leads to not having the "Join" button for all other, except the very first, meeting in a series.

So I'd say that this is a bug. I'm using both outlook and teams in browser.

I got the very same behavior for both: Created a series via Outlook (in browser) and created a series via Teams (in browser) calendar.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T13:03:52+00:00

    Hello! My name is André, and I am an Independent Advisor as well as a long-time Microsoft user.

    I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue, and I am hopeful that I will be able to help you find a satisfactory solution.

    The lack of a "Join" button in recurring Teams or Outlook meetings could be due to a number of reasons, such as:

    • The meeting organizer may have disabled the "Join Before Host" feature, which would prevent attendees from joining the meeting before the host.
    • The attendee may have previously declined the meeting invitation, which would prevent them from joining subsequent occurrences of the meeting.
    • The attendee may have exceeded the maximum number of devices allowed to join the meeting, which is typically set by the organizer.
    • The attendee may be using an outdated version of Teams or Outlook that is not compatible with the latest meeting features.

    Please kindly let me know if this worked for you or if you need further assistance.

    Warm Regards,

    André

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T10:56:54+00:00

    I did, no luck. Same behavior as before.
    It only works fine for created series long time ago (created a year back or so). All recently created (created this year) recurring events/series show this issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-06T17:27:32+00:00

    Hello! My name is Mustafa, and I am an Independent Advisor as well as a long-time Microsoft user. I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue, and I am hopeful that I will be able to help you find a satisfactory solution.

    I tried to make my teams make the same error as yours. and I found the reason for it.

    So when you make the meeting make sure to add the attendees when you are creating the meeting first don't create the meeting and add the attendees later on. If you do that only the first meeting is going to have a link because when there is only you listed for the meeting it doesn't generate a link but if you add everyone the first time you are not going to have this problem.

    Please let me know if this doesn't work or if you need further assistance.

    Warm Regards,

    Mustafa

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T09:30:40+00:00

    I see,

    so the quick fix to solve this issue seems to be deleting the event and creating a new one. Issues like this can come up and there isn't a solution for it other than creating a new event, since another recurring event works fine then it could be a bug that came up for this one event, and it should go away when you create a new one.

    Mustafa

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T06:46:53+00:00

    Hi Mustafa,

    unfortunately this is not the issue nor the resolution as I have added all participants right from the beginning. Also there is another recurring event I had scheduled quite some time ago, which works as expected (and I am continuously modifying participants).

    --DB

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