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title: "Creating Virtual Events with Microsoft Teams"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/software/the-events-calendar/microsoft-teams/"
description: "With Events Calendar Pro, you can connect to your Microsoft account and easily add links to your Microsoft-based meetings (including Skype Personal and Business…"
vertical: "Software"
area: "The Events Calendar"
date: "2024-07-23"
last_modified: "2026-07-02"
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# Creating Virtual Events with Microsoft Teams

With Events Calendar Pro, you can connect to your Microsoft account and easily add links to your Microsoft-based meetings (including Skype Personal and Business, and Teams) to your virtual and hybrid events.

## Connect Your Site to Your Microsoft Account

1. Navigate to **Events → Settings → Integrations** from the WordPress dashboard.
2. Find the Microsoft section and click **Add Microsoft Account**.
3. Select your desired Premium Microsoft Account and grant the required permissions.
4. If you’d also like to connect to a Skype account, you can add that account here as well and follow the prompts.
5. Now you should be all set up and ready to integrate with Microsoft!

## Creating a Microsoft Meeting

Now that you are connected to Microsoft, you can automatically generate new meetings directly from the WordPress Dashboard. Simply head over to **Add Event**, and scroll down to **Configure Virtual Event**. You’ll now see the Microsoft Teams and Skype (if you’ve configured them) options available in the **Add Video** dropdown menu.

![Microsoft Teams option in virtual events dropdown menu](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screen-Shot-2022-08-04-at-10.11.14-AM.jpg)Once you select your Microsoft Teams account, you can click **Create** to generate a new Microsoft Teams link to display on your WordPress site.

![Select Microsoft Teams option in virtual events](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-20220802-051111.jpg)If you’ve also connected to Skype, you’ll see those options available as well. If you’re looking to create a Skype meeting instead, simply select that option here.

![Connect to Skype](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-8-1.jpg)## Add Preexisting Microsoft Teams Meetings

Once you connect to your Microsoft Teams account, you can add your preexisting Microsoft Teams links to your event pages using the Smart URL feature.

- On your Office 365 account, go to *Outlook*.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-20220802-050319.jpg)
- Create an event in the future and expand the event creation UI.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-20220802-050500.jpg)
- Toggle on the Teams Meeting option.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-20220802-051217.jpg)
- Save the Outlook Calendar event.
- On your WordPress site, [create a new event](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/the-events-calendar/create-event/).
- Fill in the normal event details.
- Publish it or save it.
- Head over to your Outlook Calendar.
- Click on the event and expand the event details.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-20220802-051850.jpg)
- Copy the browser URL.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-20220802-051958.png)
- Head back to your WordPress site and click on *Configure Virtual Event*.
- Paste the ***full Outlook Calendar event URL*** and click on *Find*.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-20220623-061809.jpg)
- Once you locate the URL, you can continue creating your event as you usually would.