Create Meeting or Appointment
Instructions on how to create a meeting or appointment. But first let's explain the difference between these two.
Meeting
- Purpose: A meeting is a calendar event that involves inviting other people.
- Participants: You invite one or more attendees.
- Use case: Scheduling collaborative events, such as team meetings, client calls, or multi-person discussions.
- Calendar behavior: Marks your calendar as busy or otherwise, and tracks attendee responses.
- Invitations: Sends meeting requests to attendees, who can accept, decline, or propose new times.
- Additional features: May include meeting location, online meeting links (e.g., Teams, Skype), agenda, and attachments.
Appointment
- Purpose: An appointment is a calendar event that involves only you.
- Participants: No other attendees are invited.
- Use case: Scheduling personal time blocks, such as a dentist appointment, a focused work session, or a reminder.
- Calendar behavior: Marks your own calendar as busy, free, tentative, or out of office.
- Notifications: You receive notifications/reminders for the appointment.
- No invitations: Since no one else is involved, no invitations or responses are sent.
Summary
| Feature | Appointment | Meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Attendees | Only you | You + others |
| Invitations sent | No | Yes |
| Calendar status | Busy, Free, etc. | Busy, Free, Tentative, etc. |
| Responses tracking | Not applicable | Yes |
| Use case example | Doctor visit, personal time | Team meeting, client call |