Open another person's Exchange Calendar
Applies ToOutlook for Microsoft 365 Outlook 2024 Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016

When another Microsoft Outlook user grants you permission to his or her calendar, you can open it in Outlook. If you do not have permission, a permission request email message is sent to the other person.

Note: A Microsoft Exchange Server account is required.

  1. In Calendar, select Home.

  2. In the Manage Calendars group, select Add Calendar, and then select Open Shared Calendar.

  3. Type a name in the Name box or select Name to select a name from the address book.

    The shared calendar appears next to any calendar that is already in the view.

    After you access a shared Calendar for the first time, the Calendar is added to the folder pane. The next time that you want to view the shared Calendar, you can click it in the Folder Pane.

    If the other person whose Calendar you want to open hasn’t granted you permission to view it, Outlook prompts you to ask the person for permission. If you select Yes, a sharing request email message opens automatically. The message requests the person to share his or her Calendar with you and also provides the option to share your default Calendar with him or her.

Tip: You can quickly schedule a meeting with people whose calendars you can view. Select multiple calendars, and then select Home. In the New group, select New Meeting, and then select New Meeting with All.

Notes: 

  • Even if the other person has created an additional calendar, you can open only the person's default Calendar.

  • To remove a calendar from the Other Calendars list, right-click the calendar, and then select Delete Calendar.

  • The owner of the calendar items controls who can see the items and change them.

  • Microsoft 365 cross-premises shared calendars are read-only, so selecting New Meeting with All will not detect and add owners of those shared calendars. Instead, manually add them to the invitation.

See also

Share an Outlook calendar with other people

Open another person's Exchange Contacts

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