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Step 1
Start Outlook 2007. Make sure you have configured an active account.
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Step 2
Identify a compatible Internet calendar. Check with your calendar provider to determine if they support the webcal protocol and can provide iCal files ending in ".ics." If not, select a provider that supports the protocol. Make sure any public sharing settings you need for remote calendar access are configured.
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Step 3
In the Internet calendar configuration, locate the iCal Web address, which includes a file ending in ".ics." Copy this URL to the clipboard.
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Step 4
Insert the iCal link into Outlook 2007. In Outlook 2007, select "File," and then "Data File Management." Select the "Internet Calendars" tab. Click "New," and then paste the iCal URL into the field. Hit "Add."
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Step 5
Configure the subscription. The name of the calendar file displays next to "Folder Name." Change it if necessary. Add a description to make the calendar easy to identify if you install additional calendars. Check whether you want attachments to download from the Internet calendar under "Attachments." Finally, select whether you want the subscription according to the publisher's recommendations. Checking this option ensures that you will not exceed the publisher's limitations and risk having your calendar account suspended. Click "OK" when finished.
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Step 6
Utilize your Internet Calendar. Click "Close" to return to Outlook 2007. After the Internet calendar is updated, it will display under "Other Calendars" in the Calendars section of Outlook 2007. Select it to manage your activities as you want them displayed on the Internet. You can use your Internet Calendar as you would internal Outlook 2007 calendars, such as displaying them side-by-side for easy copying of items from one to another.
Comments
melkiades said
on 9/15/2009 OK guys I found it!
This article is wrong because it only tells you how to add an internet calendar without giving you the ability of modifying it from within Outlook.
Here's the solution if you want to stop using your Outlook 2003 or 2007 Calendar completely:
- In Outlook, click on your Folder List icon at the bottom of the left pane
- Right-click on your Calendar_Properties
- Go to the Home Page tab
- Type http://www.google.com/calendar/render
- Check the box "Show home page by default for this folder"
- Click OK
Now next time you'll click on your calendar, it'll display your Google Calendar homepage and you can login (and set it so that it remembers you next time).
This also means that you don't need the Google Calendar Sync tool since you're not using Outlook Calendar anymore. Good riddance!!
melkiades said
on 9/15/2009 This is interesting but it does not mention the very annoying fact that this method prevents us from actually adding NEW appointments to the Google Calendar from within Outlook. So basically this method is only for viewing your Google Cal using Outlook. Pretty useless to me.
How he heck do we view AND modify our Google Cal from within Outlook, that is the question. It was possible in Outlook 2003, and seems totally painful in Outlook 2007. Once again, Microsoft has regressed to its usual state of utter stupidity.
larsil said
on 8/31/2009 I have an Hotmail account and would like to see the internet calendar through Microsoft Outloook and did follow this way. As a result the calendar is showing successfully but unfortunately I cannot add/delete any appointment or modify the internet calendar. It says "You cannot make changes to contents of this read-only folder". It is pretty bad that I can only modify the calendar in Hotmail (online) only but not using Ms Outlook. Any suggestion please?
dprov said
on 7/25/2009 Great article - succinct, helpful and successful. Should have FIVE stars, not the mean 2 currently here!
mospeed said
on 6/23/2009 If you are using MobileMe (iCal), this does not work on Outlook running off an exchange server, like most of us at work. Thanks Apple/Microsoft!