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You can save a meeting as a draft on your calendar if you aren't ready to send the meeting invites.

Select a tab option below for the version of Outlook you're using. What version of Outlook do I have?

Note: If the steps under this New Outlook tab don't work, you may not be using new Outlook for Windows yet. Select Classic Outlook and follow those steps instead.

Save a meeting as a draft in new Outlook

  1. Select Calendar from the navigation and create a New event.

  2. Select the Send dropdown and select Save as draft.

    Note: The drop-down will only appear when at least one participant is added to the invite. Note that the draft is not stored in your mailbox draft folder.  

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  3. This will save the meeting invite on your calendar. It will show on your calendar as [Draft] along with the title of the event.

Edit the draft 

When you are ready to edit the draft meeting and send, do the following:

  1. Locate the draft meeting on your calendar and select Edit.Draft Sales Meeting from Calendar

  2. Make your changes and select Send. You can also save it as a draft again if you're not ready to send it. 

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