How do I sync Google Calendar in Outlook

If you are working or carrying out an activity in which you need a calendar of activities, you may want to optimize your time by synchronizing your Google calendar applications with Outlook or vice versa, both calendars are perfect to have a good organization of your time, in addition to avoiding miss an important meeting or date.

It’s great because you can have all your reminders in both applications, and there is also a plus, both calendars can be synchronized with other applications such as Facebook for example. Although they may look the same, believe it or not Google calendar is very simple to use, while the Outlook calendar tends to be a bit more complex. 

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  1. What data is synced with Outlook correctly?
    1. Which fail to sync?
  2. How do I import my important dates into Outlook?
    1. Sync Google Calendar to Outlook
    2. Import a calendar from Google Calendar to Outlook
  3. Will I lose one of my calendars by merging them with one another?
  4. What other calendars can I sync to Outlook?
    1. team calendar

What data is synced with Outlook correctly?

This will be the data that is synced simultaneously, default calendar (includes events, descriptions, attendees, and locations) , other calendars that are yours in calendar, guests marked as “Optional,” and your event reminders .

Which fail to sync?

Data that cannot be synced includes calendar attachments, category definitions, rich content (images, links, tables, bold or italics), calendar resources, tentative, out of office status, and other people’s calendars as well. that you have in your calendar. This is because many of these add-ins can be found in Outlook, but are not available in Google Calendar.

How do I import my important dates into Outlook?

Before starting, it is important that you take into account some tips so as not to result in chaos. When synchronizing both calendars, you should know that for the reminders to appear simultaneously, you must export and import the calendars, that means that you must transfer the information from one calendar to another ; You should also know that you can synchronize your calendars from your smartphone or your PC, you just have to follow these steps:

Sync Google Calendar to Outlook

  1. The first step is to log in to your Google Calendar account in your browser, preferably Google Chrome.
  2. Then go to the left column, and click on “my calendars” to expand the list. (If you want a subscription, you must hover over the calendar you want to add to Outlook.)
  3. To the right of the name of the calendar you want to sync is a three-dot icon. to select, then proceed to select settings.
  4. At the bottom you must click on the section to integrate calendar and then click where it says “secret address in iCal format” and copy the url.
  5. Then sign in to Outlook, and click where it says “account settings” and click account settings again.
  6. Select the internet calendars tab, and click where it says new.
  7. Paste the url you copied, then press CTRL+V and click Add.
  8. Then in the box that says ‘folder name’, type the name of the calendar as you want it to appear in Outlook and click OK.

Import a calendar from Google Calendar to Outlook

  1. You start by signing in to your Google Calendar account.
  2. Click in the left column where it says “my calendars” to expand the list, then click the arrow next to the calendar you want to import into Outlook, then click calendar settings.
  3. Then go to where it says “Private Address”, and click on ICAL.
  4. Go to the dialog box that says “calendar address”, and click on the web address of the calendar.
  5. Then when prompted, click “Open” to import the calendar to Outlook.

Will I lose one of my calendars by merging them with one another?

You will not lose any information from your calendars , however, so that synchronization is not a problem in the future, remember to update the calendars every certain time. To do so, you must subscribe. Another option is to import the calendar again when changes have been made.

What other calendars can I sync to Outlook?

Yes, there are other calendars that you can synchronize , such as the calendar of your Android or iOS smartphone, as well as other calendars such as the teams calendar, the salesforce calendar, among others.

team calendar

It is a function of Microsoft Teams, which is not free , it has sections where appointments, meetings or conferences can be created, in addition to this function can be synchronized to Outlook.