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title: "Outlook Busy Search & Scheduling Etiquette"
description: "**Outlook Busy Search & Scheduling Etiquette** We thought it might be helpful to share a tutorial on how to use Outlook’s Scheduling Assistant to avoid multiple emails to determine a meeting time. Below is a video tutorial. [Microsoft Outlook 2016…"
url: "https://w-ils.org/docs/outlook-busy-search-scheduling-etiquette/"
updated: "2025-08-15"
category: Technology / Outlook Email
tags:
  - busy
---

# Outlook Busy Search & Scheduling Etiquette

**Outlook Busy Search & Scheduling Etiquette**

We thought it might be helpful to share a tutorial on how to use Outlook’s Scheduling Assistant to avoid multiple emails to determine a meeting time. Below is a video tutorial.

[Microsoft  Outlook 2016 Calendar: Appointment and Meetings Free and Busy Options Publishing](https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tuJxNMhB6w?start=156&feature=oembed)

Please keep in mind that, for this work well, it’s important to keep your calendar up-to-date. For example, if I’m taking a vacation day, I usually block the whole day to avoid accidentally booking an appointment that day.