Subscribing to External Calendars in Outlook

Owned by Griffin Freiberg
Last updated: Dec 08, 2023
2 min read

This article details the steps on subscribing to external calendars. When you subscribe to a calendar, your calendar will automatically refresh if the other calendar is updated. This can sometimes take more than 24 hours, but is usually much quicker.

In order to subscribe to a calendar, you will require an ICS or iCal link. How you acquire this link depends on the external calendar. If you are unsure of what link to use, or how to find one, please reach out to our help desk with the details of the calendar you’d like to subscribe to by emailing techsupport@uconn.edu.

Subscribing on the desktop version of Outlook will only add the calendar on that specific computer. You will have to subscribe on each computer you access the calendar on. If you want this to carry over to other computers, please subscribe through the web.

Outlook Desktop

  1. Go to your Outlook app.

  2. Select the Calendar View.

  3. Click the Add Calendar button and select From Internet.

  4. Paste the calendar link you found earlier.

  5. Press OK.

  6. You should now see the Calendar under Other Calendars.

Outlook for the Web

  1. Log in to the web version of outlook: https://outlook.office.com/

  2. Select Calendar View

    Select the calendar button on the side bar.

  3. Click Add Calendar

    Click on a date and then click on the add calendar button.

  4. From the list on the left, select Subscribe from the web.

  5. Paste the link of the calendar you would like to add.

  6. Click import.

  7. The calendar should now show under My Calendars.