How to Send an Outlook Invite With Multiple Times

You can do this by sending multiple invites or with specialized tools

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Outlook fully supports events and invites, but by default, it’s not possible to send an Outlook invite with multiple times.

This can be a problem and make scheduling events even more complicated. We decided to address this limitation and show you how to circumvent it.

Can I send one Outlook invite for multiple dates?

By default, Outlook doesn’t support sending a meeting invitation with multiple time slots. This is a major flaw, but there are ways to work around this limitation by doing the following:

How do I send an Outlook invite with multiple times?

1. Create an appointment in Outlook

2. Create individual invites for each slot

This is a quick and helpful workaround, but it can be impractical since you’ll have to send multiple meeting requests in Outlook. In addition, your recipients might have difficulty managing multiple event invite emails. But one can alwaysmark meetings as tentativewhen not sure of participation.

If you need to share meeting information you can alwaysforward invite meeting. Speaking of meeting information, you can alwayscheck meeting attendeesfor additional details.

3. Attach ICS files in an email

For this method to work, you need to explain to your attendees to open a single ICS file that meets their desired time slot and add it to their Outlook Calendar to select it.

This method is great since it allows you to create an Outlook calendar invite with multiple dates without using third-party tools. If needed you can alsoadd BCC to meeting invite, in just a couple of steps.

4. Use the FindTime add-in

By using this add-in, you’ll be able to easily create an Outlook invite with multiple time slots, so we encourage you to try it.

Outlook is one of the most versatile email clients that lets you manage events andsee when a calendar event was created, so it comes as a surprise that it doesn’t allow you to send an invite with multiple times.

Speaking of Outlook features, we have a great guide on how toopen multiple Outlook windows, so be sure not to miss it.

If you’ve found another way to do that, please share it with us in the comments section below.

How to Send an Outlook Invite With Multiple Times#

How do I send an Outlook invite with multiple times?#

1. Create an appointment in Outlook#

2. Create individual invites for each slot#

3. Attach ICS files in an email#

4. Use the FindTime add-in#