Having multiple calendars with different appointments on each one is a sure path to double bookings and a discussion with someone you've upset.. Be more organized and reliable by subscribing to your Google Calendar in Outlook.
To do this, you will need a Google Calendar and Outlook (which is quite obvious), but you won't need plugins, accessories, third-party extensions or tools. Both Google and Microsoft support the iCal format, that despite the name has nothing to do with Apple and is, actually, the abbreviation for "iCalendar. ” It is an open standard for exchanging calendar and scheduling information between users and computers that has existed since the late 1990s. 1990. This means that you can subscribe to them if you have the correct link., what is the method we will use here.
Show a Google calendar in Outlook
Because we are going to teach a Google Calendar in Outlook, first we need to get the link from Google Calendar. Login to your Google account and go to Google Calendar. Once i am there, click the three dots next to the calendar and then click “Settings and sharing”.
Scroll down until you reach the section “Secret address in iCal format”. Click on the link to highlight it and then copy it using Ctrl + V or by right-clicking and selecting “Copy” on the menu.
Now you need to add this link to Outlook, therefore open Outlook and go to your calendar. Right-click the “calendar properties” y posteriormente seleccione Agregar calendario> Desde Internet
Paste your secret Google Calendar iCal address into the text box and then click “To accept”.
In the confirmation window, click on “Yes”.
And that is; your Google Calendar will now show up in Outlook. You can overlay it with your calendar, just like you can with any other shared calendar, by clicking the arrow on the tab.
And now you can see both calendars, with quotes in different colors, In one single place.
The downside to this is that you still need to manage the appointments in the Google Calendar search engine., but any changes you make there will be updated here just like any other shared calendar.
