Accessing a Shared Calendar in Outlook

Accessing a Shared Calendar in Outlook

Users can access shared calendars in Microsoft Outlook.

Your access to a calendar will depend on the permissions granted to your account:

  • Read-only access allows you to view existing entries, but it does not allow you to make changes.

  • Authors may create and edit their own entries.

  • Editors may add their own and edit all other entries.

Accessing from the web

  1. Navigate to email.uconn.edu and click on Outlook.

  2. Log in with your UConn email credentials.

  3. Click the calendar icon in the top left corner.

    calendar icon highlighted in web
  4. On the Calendars page, select Add Calendar.

    add calendar option highlighted on sidebar

     

  5. Select Add from directory in the left-hand menu and enter the shared calendar into the field. This can be added using the resource number (e.g., resource4370) or display name (e.g., ~UITS - Help Center Training Schedule).

  6. Select which calendar group you would like to add it to using the drop-down menu and click the Add button.

The calendar will now be displayed with any other calendars open.

Open a Shared Calendar in Outlook for Windows

  1. At the bottom left corner, click on the calendar icon.

    calendar icon
  2. Click Add at the top right.

  3. In the drop-down bar, select Open Shared Calendar...

  4. Click Name...

  5. In the top-left search bar, type in the name of the resource.

    search bar
  6. Select the shared calendar from the list and click OK.

  7. Click OK.

  8. The shared calendar will now appear in the left sidebar. Click the checkmark next to it for it to be displayed.

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