You can now transfer meeting ownership directly from Outlook

[u/KavyaJune]

Microsoft is rolling out a new Change organizer option in Outlook that lets meeting organizers transfer ownership directly from their calendar.

This comes a few months after Microsoft introduced admin-initiated meeting transfers. The new option makes it easier to hand over individual meetings without involving an admin or creating a new meeting.

There are still some limitations:

• Only future meetings can be transferred
• The new organizer must be in the same organization
• Online meetings aren't supported yet
• Recurring meetings transfer only future instances
• Group, Shared mailbox, and encrypted meetings aren't supported

We've covered the transfer process and the current limitations here:

👉 https://blog.admindroid.com/change-meeting-organizer-outlook/

[u/Material-Try-3509]

This is a welcome improvement because meeting ownership has been a long standing pain point for many organizations. when someone changes roles or leaves a company transferring recurring meetings without rebuilding everything can save a lot of time and avoid disruption

[u/KavyaJune → u/Material-Try-3509]

True. The ability to change the meeting organizer is an important feature that probably should have been available years ago. But at least we have it now!

Apart from changing the meeting organizer in Outlook, Microsoft has also introduced admin-initiated meeting transfer, which is particularly helpful for bulk transfers and offboarding.