Schedule Assistant is a built in tool within Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams that allows you to book meetings with Co-Workers and avoid scheduling conflicts. The below will show you how to use Outlook's Scheduling Assistant.

1. Open Outlook and Go to Calendar
   
   
   
2. Select New Meeting OR New Teams Meeting from the ribbon
   
   
   
3. In the Meeting Window, provide a Title for the meeting
   
   
4. Click on the Scheduling Assistant tab near the top of the window
   
   
   
5. Under All Attendees, Option Attendies, or Resource (Room or Equipment) enter the name of one or more co-worker you would like to meet with
   
   
   
6. The top row of the Scheduling assistant will show you the combined availability of all individuals you added + yourself
   
   
   
7. You can see the araciality of each individual in the rows below your own availability.
   
   
   
8. Select an available day and time by scrolling right and selecting the time block that best fits the schedule of participating co-workers.
   
   
   
9. Go back to the meeting tab to complete the meeting setup and send the meeting invite