Top 6 Ways to Fix Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in Won’t Appear in Outlook for Windows

The Microsoft Teams add-in for Microsoft Outlook allows you to create and schedule meetings without leaving your email client. This streamlines setting up meetings and lets you join or manage meetings directly from your Outlook calendar. But that happens only if the Microsoft Teams meeting add-in appears in the Outlook app for Windows.

Such issues can easily mess up your workflow and make you jump through hoops when scheduling or joining work meetings. To help out, we have listed a few useful tips to restore the missing Microsoft Teams add-in in the Outlook app on your Windows 10 or 11 PC.

1. Enable the Teams Add-In

A common reason why the Microsoft Teams meeting option may disappear from Outlook is if you have accidentally disabled the related add-in. Hence, it’s the first thing you need to check.

Step 1: Open the Microsoft Outlook app on your PC and click the File menu at the top-left corner.

Step 2: Select Options from the left pane.

Step 3: Switch to the Add-ins tab. In the Manage drop-down menu, select COM Add-ins and click the Go button.

Step 4: Tick the Teams add-in checkbox and click OK.

2. Restart Microsoft Teams and Outlook

The meeting add-in may be missing due to a temporary glitch in the Teams or Outlook app. It’s a good idea to restart both apps to see if that solves the problem.

Step 1: Press the Control + Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut to access the Task Manager.

Step 2: In the Processes tab, locate and select Microsoft Outlook. Then, click the End task option at the top.

Step 3: Similarly, close the Teams app.

Reopen the Teams app and then the Outlook app to check if the issue is still there.

3. Re-Register the Teams Add-in DLL File

The Teams meeting add-in won’t appear in Outlook if the associated Dynamic Link Library (DLL) file has become corrupted or inaccessible. You can try re-registering the Teams add-in DLL file on your system to fix the problem. Here’s how you can go about it.

Step 1: Press the Windows + E keyboard shortcut to open File Explorer. Click the View menu at the top, go to Show, and enable the Hidden items option.

Step 2: Type Microsoft.Teams.AddinLoader.dll in the search box and press Enter.

Step 3: Right-click on the ‘Microsoft.Teams.AddinLoader.dll’ file and select Open file location.

Step 4: Click the address bar at the top and press the Control + C keyboard shortcut to copy the folder path.

Step 5: Right-click on the Start icon and select Terminal (Admin) from the list.

Step 6: Select Yes when the User Account Control (UAC) prompt appears.

Step 7: In the console, type cd and paste the copied folder path. Then, press Enter.

Step 8: Paste the following command and press Enter.

regsvr32 Microsoft.Teams.AddinLoader.dll

Restart Outlook and the Teams app again to check if the add-in appears.

4. Update Microsoft Teams and Outlook

Outdated versions of Microsoft Teams or the Outlook app on your PC could also result in such problems. To avoid such issues, you need ensure that your PC runs the most recent versions of Teams and Outlook.

Step 1: Open the Teams app, click the three-dot menu icon at the top and select Check for updates. Wait for the Teams app to check for any updates and install them.

Step 2: Open the Outlook app and click the File menu at the top-left corner.

Step 3: Switch to the Office Account tab, click on Update Options and select Update Now.

5. Reset the Microsoft Teams App

Another reason why the meeting option may not show up in Outlook is if the Teams app settings are not configured correctly or if app data is damaged. In that case, resetting the Teams app on your PC will help.

Step 1: Press the Windows + S keyboard shortcut to open the search menu. Type Microsoft Teams in the search box and select App settings from the right pane.

Step 2: Scroll down and click the Reset button.

6. Run the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant

Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant is a free tool that can automatically fix issues with various Microsoft apps, such as Outlook. You can try running this tool to see if it can restore the missing Microsoft Teams meeting add-in in Outlook. Here are the steps for the same.

Step 1: Open a web browser and head over to Microsoft’s website to download the Support and Recovery Assistant.

Download the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant

Step 2: Double-click the downloaded file to run the tool. Select Outlook and click Next.

Step 3: Select the option that reads ‘The Teams meeting option isn’t shown or the Teams Meeting add-in doesn’t load in Outlook’ and click Next.

Step 4: Select Yes and click Next.

Step 5: Save any open emails in Outlook, return to the recovery tool, and click the Perform button.

You will see a ‘The Teams Meeting add-in for Outlook has been successfully registered’ message once the process is complete. After that, the Microsoft Teams meeting add-in will appear in the Outlook app.

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The Microsoft Teams meeting add-in in Outlook makes it much easier to collaborate and schedule meetings. Hence, it can be quite inconvenient if it suddenly disappears. We hope that one of the above tips has solved the underlying issue and that the Outlook app on your Windows 10 or 11 PC shows the Teams add-in as expected.