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How can I add a Google Calendar in Outlook for Mac?

Anonymous
2022-04-08T12:44:06+00:00

I am a user of Outlook for Mac. I work part time at two companies simultaneously. My primary organization uses Microsoft 365 for all purposes including email, Office, Teams, etc. My secondary organization uses Google Workspace. I wanted to have my secondary calendar be visible in Outlook together with my primary one so that I can plan my day accordingly, but after much investigation it is clear to me that there is a critical lack of features specifically in the Outlook for Mac application that does not allow me to do so. 

  • Somehow a Google calendar cannot simply be shared to a Microsoft 365 account. Even when I share the calendar, no email is sent to the Microsoft account at all – this is possibly a Google issue. However, the Outlook online webapp has a Calendar feature to “Add personal calendars”. This feature has Google integration so that when I add my secondary account here, it asks for a Google sign-in and the calendar shows up on my Outlook online. However, this integration is not then reflected in the Outlook for Mac application, neither does the Outlook for Mac application have the “add personal calendars” feature.
  • The other option for me is to add the secondary email account to the Outlook for Mac application, since the desktop app is an email client rather than just a portal for my primary organization’s Microsoft 365 email. However, this account addition is not restricted to the calendar and as such adds my entire secondary organization’s email account to Outlook for Mac. While I do not want this integration, I could do with it if there was an option to disable notifications for my secondary email. Not only is there no option to disable notifications by account, one cannot make rules for a non-Microsoft 365 email either to get around this issue. The last option would be to disable all email notifications and make a rule to enable notifications for the primary account but apparently the functionality of a rule action to enable desktop notifications has been removed from the latest Outlook for Mac application.

As per the above description, there is a critical gap in the features for the Outlook for Mac application that doesn’t allow me to do the simple task for sharing my calendar across two accounts. I have explored this issue thoroughly with my primary organization’s IT services and Outlook for Mac customer support.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-11T09:32:05+00:00

    Hi De Paul,

    Please see the second point in my question below. Adding an account on Outlook for Mac also adds the email, not just the calendar. I do not want that. I could do with it if there was a way to turn off Outlook notifications for my Google email but as I describe above, there doesn't seem to be any way to do this in Outlook for Mac.

    Best,
    Abhi

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-17T18:13:16+00:00

    Hello Abhi,

    Thank you for your feedback. I understand that it is useful to have a Google Calendar in Outlook for Mac in which you will not get notifications; we will do more study and consultation on this concern and will contact you as soon as we have useful insights.

    Regards

    De Paul

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-08T19:39:41+00:00

    Hi Abhi_365,

    Thank you for posting on Microsoft Forum.

    Based on you description I understand that you want to add a Google Calendar in Outlook for Mac. 

    After reading your description, I recommend that you Sync Your Google Calendar on Outlook for Mac by opening the Outlook application for Mac. Click Outlook in the upper-right corner of the window's toolbar. Choose Preferences from the drop-down menu. Click on Accounts in the window that displays. Click on the + in the bottom left corner of the new window. This allows you to add a new email address. Select New Account, and then input the Google Calendar account you want to sync. You will need the email address and password. Once you're done, click Continue. I believe this will bring your Google calendar.

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Best regards,

    De Paul

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