Microsoft 365 (Outlook on the web | Outlook for Windows/Mac) - Accessing a Published/External/Internet Calendar

This document will explain how to access a published/external/internet calendar.

Select your client below:

  •  Accessing a published/external/internet calendar in Outlook on the web:
    • Note: If you've received an email invitation to a calendar, you can select the link in the email invitation to add the calendar to your calendar view.

      You can also go to your Calendar to add a calendar (an internal person or external calendar) to your view.

      1. Go to your Calendar view.
      2. Click Add calendar on the left hand side.
      3. Select Subscribe from web on the left hand side of the pop-up. Note: To add another Office 365 calendar (user or resource), select Add from directory.
      4. After you've entered the desired calendar or URL, select Import to add the calendar.
      5. The calendar will be added to your list of calendars.

      For instructions on how to obtain the calendar URL for your Google Calendar, please see the "Get your calendar (view only)" section of this Google Support document.



  •  Accessing a published/external/internet in Outlook for Windows:
    • Once you have an external link:

      1. Within Outlook, click Calendar.
      2. Next, click the Home tab.
      3. Within the ribbon, click Add Calendar from the "Manage Calendars" group.
      4. Select From Internet from within the drop-down menu.
      5. Enter the link/url and click the OK button.
      6. To view this data, go to your calendar view and place a check mark within the box next to this share name you created under the "Other Calendars" section.

      Outlook will reload this link/subscription each time you restart Outlook. These subscriptions are "read-only". If you edit any item in Outlook, those changes will NOT be reflected/saved.

      "Your mileage may vary" with the ability of 3rd party applications to be able to parse the iCalendar data properly.

      For instructions on how to subscribe to your Google Calendar, please see this Microsoft Support document.



  •  Accessing a published/external/internet in Outlook for Mac:
    • Currently, Outlook for Mac does not have the ability to subscribe to an external calendar. Microsoft is aware of this issue and we hope that they provide this feature in a future update to the application.

      But, there is a work around. You can use Outlook on the web to subscribe to an external calendar. Once subscribed via Outlook on the web, the next time you start Outlook, the subscribed calendar will appear within your calendar view.

      Use the Outlook on the web instructions above to subscribe to an external calendar.



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Created2016-05-18 09:48:56Updated2023-02-02 09:22:57
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