Do you need to schedule appointments, calls etc with people in different time zones? Here’s how to make sure that you’re both there at the same time by getting Outlook to show you the time in both zones at the same time.
If you are using Outlook with Office 365 or Exchange Server:
–Open up the New Appointment form (Go to your Calendar in Outlook and click New Appointment).
–Click Invite Attendees.
–Click Time Zones on the Ribbon.
–Select the time zone of the other person from the drop-down.
Now on the Room Finder Task Pane that should be displayed in the right hand side, select a date and time. As you change the date at time, you will see that the date and time for the other person will change automatically.
If you want to create the appointment and send a meeting request to someone, enter their details in the To field and then click Send.
If you want to create an appointment without sending a meeting request, click Cancel Invitation on the Ribbon and then click Save and Close.
If you are NOT using Office 365 or Exchange Server:
You won’t be able to access the full functionality described above but you can achieve the same results with the following steps.
–Open up the New Appointment form (Go to your Calendar in Outlook and click New Appointment).
–Click Time Zones on the Ribbon (see image above).
–Select the time zone of the other person from the drop-down.
–Enter the date and time in the fields and click Save and Close. The meeting will now be created on your calendar with the time shifted to the appropriate time in your time zone.
–Check your calendar to ensure that you did your calculations correctly and the meeting is at a time convenient to you..
If you want to send a meeting request to someone, open the appointment again (double-click), enter their details in the To field and then click Send.
I hope that you find this tip useful.
We have clients all over the world and I use this every day to ensure that all participants to our meetings arrive at the correct time, even when we are many miles and time zones apart.
