How to access a shared calendar in Outlook

How to access a shared calendar in Outlook

Below are instructions on how to access a calendar that someone has shared with you, in Outlook 2016

Usually when a calendar is shared, you receive an email from that person and the calendar is automatically added to Outlook.

However there are some occasions where you might not receive such and email. The instructions below details how to manually add the calendar.

Open Outlook...

Open Outlook as you normally do, then click on Calendar

Open

From the Ribbon bar, click File, 'Open & Export' then 'Other User's Folder'

Find

Either type in the name of the person who's shared your calendar with you; or click the Name button to search the email address book; then click OK

Access

The calendar will now appear in the left hand panel of Outlook, under the section 'Shared Calendars'