When you receive a meeting request in Outlook, you have the option of proposing a new date and time. 

Before You Begin

When you are invited to a meeting, you can propose a new date and/or time if desired, when you are viewing the meeting in Outlook. If you are the meeting coordinator, you may receive new time proposals from the people you invited.

Propose a New Meeting Time

To propose a new date and/or time for a meeting using Outlook, do the following:

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click Mail on the left side of the window.
3. Open the meeting request email in your Outlook Inbox.
4. After opening the email, click the clock icon in figure one and select either Tentative and Propose New Time or Decline and Propose New Time. (See Figure 1 below)
   
5. Do one of the following: (Figure 2)
   5a. Click Autopick Next, to automatically find the next available time when you and the other attendees are free.
   5b. Manually select new Start and End times.
6. When you are done, click Propose Time on the bottom right. (Figure 2)
   
7. A meeting response email is opened. You may type a message to the meeting coordinator.
8. Click Send.

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Figure 2:

The meeting remains on your calendar on the same date and time, and its status remains Tentative. When the meeting coordinator receives your meeting response email, he or she should determine if the newly proposed time is acceptable.

Accept a Proposed Meeting Time

If you are the meeting coordinator, you may receive proposals from your invited attendees to change the date and time of your meeting. Any such responses will be received as emails that say, “New Time Proposed.”

To accept a proposed time for your meeting, do the following:

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click Mail on the left side of the window.
3. Double-click the meeting response email with the subject, “New Time Proposed”, to open it.
4. Click Accept Proposal if you'd like to accept the new proposed time.
5. The meeting window opens. You can make changes to the meeting notes in the large, white box at the bottom of the window.
6. When you are done, click Send Update to notify all attendees of the new meeting time.
   
   

Respond to an Updated Meeting

When a meeting time changes, all attendees will receive a new meeting request email with a subject of “Updated.” Attendees should respond to this new meeting request to indicate whether or not they can attend. The process for responding to an updated meeting request is the same as responding to an initial meeting request.

How to Get Help

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