When Outlook receives a meeting acceptance, the sender of the acceptance is compared to the recipients in the meeting attendee list. If that recipient is not listed, it is assumed to be 'optional' and added to the list of attendees. This is by design that I am aware of. Now click “Invite Attendees” and make sure you include the email addresses of everyone in your organization that needs to know about your absence. When you’re done, all you need to do is hit.
How To Invite Optional Attendees In Outlook 2010
Wayne Connect offers calendaring which can be used to easily manage and schedule meetings with other users. Follow the steps below to mark attendance as optional in a calendar event invite.
How To Add Optional Attendees In Outlook Invite
- Create a new calendar event by clicking the arrow next to New+ in either Outlook or your Outlook calendar.
- Click Calendar Event.
- Add attendants under People.
- Then click Scheduling Assistant.
- Right click on the name of the person whose attendance you wish to manage.
- Click Attendance Optional.
- Once a attendant is marked as optional, you may right click on their name again and click Make Required to change their attendance back.
- Click OK.
- Fill out the remaining Details of the new event.
- Click Send to distribute.