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Anthony-123
Iron Contributor
May 12, 2021

How to create a shared company calendar for time off and holidays?

I'M LOST    I have spent DAYS trying to figure out some way to provide a shared company calendar with Holidays, PTO Schedules, On-Call Schedules, etc. We just want one place to see what's going on ...
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KelleyG
Copper Contributor
May 01, 2025

it's 2025 and I am revisiting this.  Has anyone (including Microsoft) come up with a solution for this?  We need a calendar that shows only when people are OOO for whatever reason, and public holidays.  This should be dynamically updated via Outlook and visible to everyone.  

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    ricotta9313
    Copper Contributor
    May 26, 2025

    Just found this where it suggests using a shared Groups calendar: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/block-out-vacation-time-on-a-group-calendar-in-outlook-89a68e9f-9ad0-4088-9b73-7352e051a4a4#id0ebf=new_outlook

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    ivaruseva
    Copper Contributor
    May 24, 2025

    hi, have you figured it out? I am trying to do the same as you... we used to use google calendar, as it seems a lot easier and visible, but I want us to use 365 for everything, since the google accounts are personal 

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      Dana_Miller
      Copper Contributor
      May 27, 2025

      I have not figured it out and have not seen any additional comments from anyone either.

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      KelleyG
      Copper Contributor
      May 27, 2025

      Hi there,

       

      Not yet.  I haven't seen any additional comments from anyone since I posted so I not sure if anyone has anything else to offer right now.  

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      hollysutton
      Copper Contributor
      May 27, 2025

      I have not had any luck figuring it out or heard from anyone who solved it.

      The workaround seems to be creating a shared PTO calendar and having everyone add their days to it.

      Nothing like the programming you can do in google to pull from other calendars. ☹

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