Outlook blocks Meeting Copy

I share here some solutions to workaround Outlook blocking copying meetings.

Problem description

Trying to copy/ paste a meeting to organize a follow-up (this has the advantage to reuse the same Teams meeting incl. Chat), I got following error:

"Copying meetings is not supported."

See https://tdalon.blogspot.com/2020/07/outlook-duplicate-event.html 

This isn't a bug but a feature.

See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-blocks-copying-meetings-with-copying-meetings-is-not-supported-4baaa023-2199-4833-b7ac-d9f0715d50f1 

Workaround

Change Registry Key

You can copy and paste the following text and save it in a .reg file :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar] 

"EnableMeetingCopy"=DWORD:1

Then simply run/open the file to set the registry key. 

No need for Admin rights since it is a user key.

VBA Code

You can run the Duplicate macro when selecting the meeting you want to copy in your calendar.

It will copy the meeting and open it ready to be scheduled and sent.

See also

Outlook: Duplicate event, Organize Meeting Follow-up | Thierry Dalon's Blog