These instructions show how to disable the setting to automatically create a Teams meeting for every meeting placed on the Outlook calendar.

Overview:

When creating a meeting in Outlook's Calendar, there is an option to create automatically a Microsoft Teams Meeting. By default this option is enabled. The instructions below explain how to disable this default so a Teams Meeting is not generated every time you place a meeting on the calendar.
 

Disable in Web Client:

1. Open your Outlook Calendar in your web browser.
2. Go up to the blue bar at the top of the screen and select the gear icon over on the right.
3. Click in the search bar at the top and type: events you create.
4. That option will be at the top of a list that appears below the search bar. Click on it.
5. In the top of the dialog box that follows, you will see a check box beside the description Add online meeting to all meetings.
   • If the check box is selected:
   1. Deselect it.
   2. Click the Save button at the bottom right of the screen.
   3. Click the X at the upper right corner of the screen.
   • If the check box is deselected:
   1. Click the X at the upper right corner of the screen.
      
       

Disable in Desktop Client:

1. Open the Outlook application on your computer.
2. Click the File menu in the upper left corner.
3. Click Options in the lower left corner.
4. Make sure Calendar is selected in the list on the left.
5. Under Calendar options to the right, locate a check box beside the description Add online meeting to all meetings.
6. Make sure that check box is deselected, then click the OK button in the lower right corner.