Add calendars in Outlook

This article first appeared on April 12th, 2012.

If you manage all your email through Microsoft Outlook then you probably deal with the Outlook calendar as well. But if you’re using an external calendar, it can be a nuisance to sync the two.

There’s actually a way to combine them.

Go to the Outlook Calendar, then on the left-hand side of the screen, right-click on “My Calendars” and then “Add Calendar”. You can choose to add a calendar from any source, including the internet.

If you’re adding a Gmail calendar, for instance, just grab the calendar’s URL, then add it through this method. That way, you won’t have to deal with the calendar in a variety of different formats.