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Updated September 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
You can now save a meeting as a draft on your calendar when you're not ready to send invites. This update gives users more flexibility when planning events, especially when details are still being finalized.
When this will happen
- General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will begin in July 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-October 2025 (previously early September).
Users will be able to save events as drafts when creating a meeting with at least one attendee. To do this, select the Discard button while composing the event, then choose Save as a draft. Draft events will appear on the calendar with a “[Draft]” prefix in the title.
This feature is available on mobile and will be on by default.
What you can do to prepare
- No admin action is required. You may want to:
- Inform your users about this new capability.
- Update internal training materials or documentation as needed.
No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.
Change History
Updated August 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
You can now save a meeting as a draft on your calendar when you're not ready to send invites. This update gives users more flexibility when planning events, especially when details are still being finalized.
When this will happen
- General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will begin in July 2025 and is expected to complete by early September 2025 (previously late August).
Users will be able to save events as drafts when creating a meeting with at least one attendee. To do this, select the Discard button while composing the event, then choose Save as a draft. Draft events will appear on the calendar with a “[Draft]” prefix in the title.
This feature is available on mobile and will be on by default.
What you can do to prepare
- No admin action is required. You may want to:
- Inform your users about this new capability.
- Update internal training materials or documentation as needed.
No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.
Updated September 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
You can now save a meeting as a draft on your calendar when you're not ready to send invites. This update gives users more flexibility when planning events, especially when details are still being finalized.
When this will happen
- General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will begin in July 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-October 2025 (previously early September).
Users will be able to save events as drafts when creating a meeting with at least one attendee. To do this, select the Discard button while composing the event, then choose Save as a draft. Draft events will appear on the calendar with a “[Draft]” prefix in the title.
This feature is available on mobile and will be on by default.
What you can do to prepare
- No admin action is required. You may want to:
- Inform your users about this new capability.
- Update internal training materials or documentation as needed.
No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.
You can now save a meeting as a draft on your calendar when you're not ready to send invites. This update gives users more flexibility when planning events, especially when details are still being finalized.
When this will happen
- General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will begin in July 2025 and is expected to complete by late August 2025.
Users will be able to save events as drafts when creating a meeting with at least one attendee. To do this, select the Discard button while composing the event, then choose Save as a draft. Draft events will appear on the calendar with a “[Draft]” prefix in the title.
This feature is available on mobile and will be on by default.
What you can do to prepare
- No admin action is required. You may want to:
- Inform your users about this new capability.
- Update internal training materials or documentation as needed.
No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.
Updated August 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
You can now save a meeting as a draft on your calendar when you're not ready to send invites. This update gives users more flexibility when planning events, especially when details are still being finalized.
When this will happen
- General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will begin in July 2025 and is expected to complete by early September 2025 (previously late August).
Users will be able to save events as drafts when creating a meeting with at least one attendee. To do this, select the Discard button while composing the event, then choose Save as a draft. Draft events will appear on the calendar with a “[Draft]” prefix in the title.
This feature is available on mobile and will be on by default.
What you can do to prepare
- No admin action is required. You may want to:
- Inform your users about this new capability.
- Update internal training materials or documentation as needed.
No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.
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