Outlook - Viewing Address Book Calendars
Keep reading to learn how to open and view address book calendars from the Outlook desktop application for Windows. This includes individuals' personal calendars, shared group calendars, and cohort calendars.
- Open your Outlook calendar.
- From the top toolbar, click Add Calendar and then select From Address Book...
- Search for the calendar you want. Then double-click the name of the person, group, or cohort to add it to the "Calendar" selection at the bottom of the window and click OK.
Note: If you're having trouble finding the desired calendar, change the Search option at the top to "All columns" and try your search again.
- The selected calendar will open momentarily. If you don't see any meetings on the calendar, give it a minute to make sure it has finished loading.
[Note: Calendar permissions vary. You may have permission to view full appointment details for the selected calendar, or you may only be able to view free/busy information.]
Helpful Tips
- After you've opened a calendar once, it will appear in the left side panel under your "Shared Calendars" list. Just click the name to select it and open the calendar.
- You can also create groups to organize calendars. Right-click an existing group name (for example, "Shared Calendars") and select New Calendar Group.
Adding Calendars in Outlook on the Web
- Go to Calendar and select add calendar.
- Choose add from Directory
- If prompted select your account name.
- Search for the calendar name. Search for Cohort to find cohort calendars.
- Choose the add to location and click add.
- The shared Calendar will now be visible in the selected location.