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Glenn_Bardon
Dec 17, 2019Copper Contributor
Viewing other team members Calendars in Teams
I have a team set up with 12 members of a leadership group. All members have agreed to share their main outlook calendar with each other. This has been achieved using the sharing permissions so they c...
- Dec 17, 2019Hi Glenn_Bardon
Unfortunately, not currently possible. There has been a lot of demand for this. Microsoft is working on it and overhauling the calendar functionality per uservoice
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18893194-teams-needs-a-real-calendar
They are also working on adding Office 365 Group Calendars to Teams
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16933204-include-office-365-group-calendar-in-teams
There is a workaround to this in terms of opening the associated Office 365 Group Calendar via a SharePoint Tab in the Team
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams/Sharing-a-Teams-Calendar/m-p/359601
So you could use the Office 365 Group mailbox as a workaround here and have users book in that calendar when booking appointments: however this would be manual and, of course, liable to error or missed appointments. To natively see others shared calendars within the calendars tab alongside yours - Microsoft have only confirmed they are working on it per the uservoice, so could be some time until we see this surface. Nothing was mentioned previously at Ignite in November so we'll have to wait and see
I would personally love to see this functionality
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
Dec 17, 2019
Hi Glenn_Bardon
Unfortunately, not currently possible. There has been a lot of demand for this. Microsoft is working on it and overhauling the calendar functionality per uservoice
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18893194-teams-needs-a-real-calendar
They are also working on adding Office 365 Group Calendars to Teams
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16933204-include-office-365-group-calendar-in-teams
There is a workaround to this in terms of opening the associated Office 365 Group Calendar via a SharePoint Tab in the Team
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams/Sharing-a-Teams-Calendar/m-p/359601
So you could use the Office 365 Group mailbox as a workaround here and have users book in that calendar when booking appointments: however this would be manual and, of course, liable to error or missed appointments. To natively see others shared calendars within the calendars tab alongside yours - Microsoft have only confirmed they are working on it per the uservoice, so could be some time until we see this surface. Nothing was mentioned previously at Ignite in November so we'll have to wait and see
I would personally love to see this functionality
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
Unfortunately, not currently possible. There has been a lot of demand for this. Microsoft is working on it and overhauling the calendar functionality per uservoice
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18893194-teams-needs-a-real-calendar
They are also working on adding Office 365 Group Calendars to Teams
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16933204-include-office-365-group-calendar-in-teams
There is a workaround to this in terms of opening the associated Office 365 Group Calendar via a SharePoint Tab in the Team
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams/Sharing-a-Teams-Calendar/m-p/359601
So you could use the Office 365 Group mailbox as a workaround here and have users book in that calendar when booking appointments: however this would be manual and, of course, liable to error or missed appointments. To natively see others shared calendars within the calendars tab alongside yours - Microsoft have only confirmed they are working on it per the uservoice, so could be some time until we see this surface. Nothing was mentioned previously at Ignite in November so we'll have to wait and see
I would personally love to see this functionality
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
Thomas_Hansen1445
Dec 07, 2022Copper Contributor
- mbbennettJan 26, 2023Copper Contributor
ChrisHoardMVP any update on this request?