**As** an organizer of meetings
**I want to** prepare my meeting in quiet
**so that** I do not accidentally send out invites while I'm not ready

**Acceptance criteria**

* When creating a new meeting, you end up in draft mode.

* In draft mode, meeting status indicator does not have a drop-down. Begin of the insertion

* For recurring meetings, the 'template' that is shown on meeting create will be in draft mode when first opened.End of the insertion

* No email notifications or invites are being sent out in this mode

* You can invite participants, and prepare the agenda

* A info banner will tell you that you are in draft mode, and that no emails invites are being sent or Begin of the insertionupdated: "You are currently in draft mode. This meeting will not send out any calendar updates or invites, even if you change meeting details or add/remove participants."

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End of the deletion * Begin of the insertionIn a new meeting series template, the text of the info banner is slightly different: "You are currently editing a template of a meeting series. Every new occurrence of a meeting in the series will use this template. Changes will not affect past or already-created meetings. No email invites will be sent in this current draft mode until you open the first meeting."

* End of the insertion Once ready, you open the Begin of the insertionmeeting (or open the first meeting, if it's a series template).

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion meeting.

End of the deletion * To 'open' Begin of the insertiona one-timeEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion theEnd of the deletion meeting, the user needs to either click Begin of the insertionon theEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion on:

* TheEnd of the deletion "Open meeting" primary action in the Page Header Begin of the insertionor the theEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion

* TheEnd of the deletion "Open meeting" action in the meeting status in the right Begin of the insertionpane.

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion pane

End of the deletion * A dialog asks if the user wants to send invites (enabled by Begin of the insertiondefault, match selection in the meeting creation dialog)End of the insertion Begin of the deletion default)End of the deletion

* Begin of the insertionOn the meeting is opened, theEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion TheEnd of the deletion email updates mode selector then appears on the right side Begin of the insertion

* For recurring meetings, the button in the Page Header and the Meeting status area in right-side sidebar is labeled "Open first meeting"

* When either of these buttons is clicked, a dialog asks if the user wants to send invites (enabled by default, match selection in the meeting creation dialog)

* Now, in all open occurences of a meeting series, the right-side pane also displays if emails are being sent out or notEnd of the insertion

* It is not possible to go back to draft mode


**Technical notes**

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**Permissions and visibility considerations**

* _To whom is this feature visible?_

* _When is it not visible?_


**Translation considerations**

* _Key terms and phrases in the key languages_&nbsp;


**Out of scope**

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_Set the_ **To be informed/consulted teams** _field to include all teams necessary to be informed of the changes._