Adding a Google Calendar to Outlook

This guide covers the process of adding a Google calendar to your Outlook/Microsoft 365 account.

First, open your Outlook's calendar - for Outlook on the web, you can find this in the lefthand panel:

Once you've opened your calendar, you should see the "Add Calendar" option in the list of your calendars on the left - if you don't see it, click on the three lines to open the menu:

Clicking on "Add Calendar" should open a window with a number of options - beneath the "Recommended" tab on the left, you should see "@ Add personal calendars", click this and you'll see the following menu:

Beneath "Select your personal account", click "Google". This will open a window with a Google sign in available. Sign into your Google account and grant Outlook the requested permissions when prompted. 

Once complete, your Google calendar should begin to load in Outlook! Be aware that this process can take some time for larger calendars, so you may need to let it sit for some time to complete the upload.

Back in Outlook, in your list of calendars, you should see your SAU Gmail account as one of the listed accounts - you can click open the dropdown menu here and check the circle to view your calendar:

It may not show all of your calendars individually, but when you create an event, you can still choose which of your Google calendars it will be put on:

In general, we recommend recreating your calendars in Outlook, and using the Google calendars as reference points, rather than the "live" copies of your calendar. If you have any questions about what this means, or best practices when it comes to calendars, don't hesitate to send us a ticket at ITSupport@sau.edu.