{"id":369,"date":"2023-11-20T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/office365\/?p=369"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:05:22","slug":"findtime-is-dead-long-live-scheduling-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/office365\/2023\/11\/20\/findtime-is-dead-long-live-scheduling-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"FindTime is Dead.  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Semi-Annual Enterprise Update channel users may not see Scheduling Poll until after January 2024. <br \/><br \/>If you need to use Scheduling Poll but don&#8217;t see it in your Outlook for Windows then head to your Outlook on the web and create your scheduling poll there.<br \/><br \/><strong>Note<\/strong>: The create of polls is deprecated in FindTime but the visibility of polls remains available at <a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office.com\/findtime\/dashboard\">https:\/\/outlook.office.com\/findtime\/dashboard<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2>Additional Support<\/h2>\r\n<p>For more information and support articles on the change from FindTime to Scheduling Polls please visit Microsoft&#8217;s support pages at <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/office\/scheduling-poll-articles-7b5ff6c7-4f65-48e6-89b8-3f053c40e382\">Scheduling Poll articles &#8211; Microsoft Support<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What? 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