In an announcement made this week, software giant Microsoft said that the famous tech-savvy coffee brand Starbucks is now available through its Outlook software.

The Starbucks add-in for Outlook was first announced by Microsoft at the 2016 Build developer conference held in March. The add-in basically gives users the ability to ‘book’ meetings at a nearby Starbucks, as well as send Starbucks gift cards to friends and acquaintances from within the Outlook service.

The ability to ‘book’ meetings at a local Starbucks with the help of the new Starbucks for Outlook feature does not mean that the users of the feature can reserve a table at the outlet. The feature essentially allows users to schedule their meetings with friends or colleagues in a local Starbucks.

For scheduling their meetings via the new Starbucks for Outlook feature, users simply have to click the ‘Meet at Starbucks’ option at the top of the screen when they create a new meeting request, look for a Starbucks outlet in their vicinity, and set it as the meeting place.

Announcing the new Starbucks for Outlook add-in, Microsoft said that the feature is now available for free. The feature currently supports the new Outlook.com, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 2016, as well as Web users with Office 365, Exchange 2013, or Exchange 2016 mailboxes. It will likely be available in Outlook for Mac and Outlook Mobile "in the coming months."