- How does Microsoft Teams determine what time zone to use?
- Microsoft Teams derives its timezone settings from Microsoft 365 (your Outlook calendar profile). The timezone you set in your Microsoft 365 account profile controls how Teams displays meeting times. If your Outlook and Teams show different times for the same meeting, the culprit is a mismatch between your Microsoft 365 account timezone and your device system timezone.
- How do I see what time zone a Teams colleague is in?
- Hover over or click any colleague’s name in Teams to open their profile card. If they have their location configured in their Microsoft 365 profile, it may appear there. Teams does not show a live local clock for colleagues in the way Slack does, but the Outlook contact card accessed from within Teams shows their configured timezone in full Microsoft 365 environments.
- How do I schedule a Teams meeting for participants in different time zones?
- Schedule Teams meetings through Outlook Calendar using the Teams meeting add-in rather than through the Teams app directly. Outlook’s scheduling assistant shows each participant’s free/busy schedule in your local timezone. The meeting invite is sent with UTC timestamps, and each participant’s calendar client converts it to their local time automatically.
