Outlook is an email client from Microsoft that allows users to send, receive and manage email messages. Apart from this Outlook also offers several other features to the users like Outlook Calendar, Task to do, etc. You can use the Outlook calendar to schedule events and meetings. You can also create your custom calendar in Outlook. In this tutorial, you will learn how to sync Outlook calendar with Samsung Calendar. By adding your Outlook calendar to Samsung calendar, you can view and manage all events and meetings directly from your Samsung smartphone.
How to Sync Outlook Calendar with Samsung Calendar
To sync Outlook Calendar with your Samsung Calendar, follow these steps:
- Open your web browser and sign in to Outlook.com by entering your Microsoft account credentials.
- Open Outlook Settings.
- Go to Shared Calendars, select the calendar you want to add to the Samsung Calendar app, then click Publish.
- Copy the ICS link after publishing the Outlook calendar.
- Add the Outlook calendar to Google Calendar.
- Open the Calendar app on your Samsung smartphone and tap Sync to add the Outlook calendar to the Samsung Calendar app.
Let’s see all these steps in detail.
1]Launch your web browser and sign in to Outlook.com by entering your Microsoft account credentials.
2]Click the gear icon in the upper right corner of Outlook.com and select the View all Outlook settings option.
3]In Outlook settings, navigate to “Calendar > Shared Calendars.” Scroll down and click on the Select a calendar drop-down list under Publish a calendar section, and select the calendar you want to publish. After that, select the permissions for your published calendar and click on the Publish button.
5]After publishing your Outlook calendar, you will get two links, namely an HTML link and an ICS link. Click on the ICS link and select the Copy link option. This will copy the ICS link to your clipboard.
6]Now log into your Google account and open Google Calendar. Now click on the More icon next to Other calendars category and select From URL.
Note that you need to use the same Google account to add the Outlook calendar to the Samsung Calendar app.
7]Paste the ICS link that you copied from your Outlook calendar and click on the Add a calendar button. It will take some time to add Outlook calendar to Google Calendar.
The Outlook calendar will appear in the Other Calendars category of Google Calendar.
8]Now open the Calendar app on your Samsung smartphone and tap on the three horizontal lines at the top left. Scroll down and click on the Sync Now option. Your phone will take some time to sync calendars. Once the synchronization process is complete, you will receive a “Synchronized calendars” a message.
9]Tap on the Google account to which you added the Outlook calendar. There you will see your Outlook calendar.
If you haven’t added this Google account to Samsung Calendar, open your Samsung calendar settings and tap Add a new account. Now select Google and follow the onscreen instructions to add a Google account to Samsung Calendar. After adding your Google account to Samsung Calendar, repeat steps 8 and 9 to add Outlook Calendar to your Samsung Calendar app.
How do I add my Outlook calendar to my Samsung calendar?
You can add your Outlook calendar to Samsung calendar app by connecting Outlook calendar to Google Calendar. After adding the Outlook calendar to your Google account, add this Google account to your Samsung smartphone.
Now open your Samsung calendar app and tap on the Sync button. This will add the Outlook calendar to your Samsung calendar.
Why is my Samsung calendar not syncing with Outlook?
To sync Outlook calendar with Samsung calendar, you need to add your Outlook calendar to your Google calendar first. After adding Outlook calendar to Google Calendar, add this Google account to your Samsung smartphone. Samsung Calendar will not sync with Outlook if you have added another Google account to your Samsung smartphone.
That’s it.
Read more: How to sync Samsung Notes with Microsoft OneNote.
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