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OUTLOOK - HOW TO SHARE A CALENDAR

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Sharing Your Calendar:

To let someone else view what is on your calendar (to share view rights only):

  • From the main Outlook window, click "Calendar" in the lower left part of the screen.

Sharing Calendars

  • Click "Share My Calendar" on the Navigation Pane.

Sharing Calendars

  • Click the To: button and select each person(s) you want to grant rights to your calendar.
  • Click Send (add a note first if you want (e.g., I've just shared my calendar with you... Please click "Open This Calendar" in the upper left corner of this email message.)

Sharing Calendars

  • Each person will get an email message letting them know they have rights to your calendar.

Advanced Calendar Sharing (Granting Someone Else More Than View Rights)

  • From the main Outlook window, click "Calendar" in the lower left part of the screen.

Sharing Calendars

  • In the Navigation Pane on the left side of the window, look for "My Calendars" and right-click the top-most Calendar folder (it's called "Calendar").  

Sharing Calendars

  • From the drop-down menu that appears, click "Change Sharing Permissions."

Sharing Calendars

  • On the Permissions tab of the Calendar Properties window, click the Sharing Calendars button.

Sharing Calendars

  • In the Global Address List (GAL), find and double-click on each person you want to have rights to your calendar.
  • Then click OK.
  • Back on the Permissions tab of the Calendar Properties window, select each person one at a time.
  • Choose a permission level such as Author OR check the boxes beside the specific rights you want the person to have.
  • Click OK.

WARNING!: Leave the "Default" and "Anonymous" entries as they are.

Sharing Calendars

  • Click "Share My Calendar" on the Navigation Pane.
  • Click the To: button and select each person(s) you want to grant rights to your calendar.
  • Click Send (add a note first if you want (e.g., I've just shared my calendar with you... Please click "Open This Calendar" in the upper left corner of this email message.)

Sharing Calendars

  • Each person will get an email message letting them know they have rights to your calendar.

Opening (Viewing) a Calendar that has been Shared with You:

Open the email message you'll receive and click "Open This Calendar."

This person's calendar will show up in the left Navigation Pane below your own calendar in a section called "People's Calendars."

Sharing Calendars

Viewing more than one calendar side by side!

  • Click the check box beside the calendar(s) you want to view, and the right side will show each calendar as a different colored tab.

Sharing Calendars