Jan 12 2017 08:24 AM
Hi all. I am trying to get my head around the Calendar part of Groups and understand why a team or department would choose to use it. As far as I can see there is no Skype integration, and as 90% of our meetings are Skype meetings we would need to continue scheduling these through Outlook. Am I right in thinking it is then just an alternative to a SharePoint calendar, so it would only be used for things like holidays, detailing which offices team members are visting, away days etc. Does anyone have any scenarios or examples where the Group calendar has been used in a different and beneficial way?
Thanks, Laurie
Dec 19 2017 11:26 AM
Yes! I was hoping that moving our team to Groups would allow us to use the Group calendar like a resource calendar (which must not exist anymore because no one knows what I'm talking about when I say "resource calendar"). My team is currently very hesitant to use the calendar because of all of the e-mails it generates when all we want is a central place to put time off, trainings that have been scheduled, etc.
The only minor work around that I have found is under "response options" at the top of an unsent appointment. You can click it an uncheck the option to "Request Responses". It at least turns off the feature where people have to accept/decline and gives the option for individuals to add the event to their own calendar. I think it still auto-populates individuals calendars.
Any additional insights would be great!
Dec 19 2017 12:18 PM
Feb 28 2019 09:08 AM
@Brent Ellis Just FYI you can only connect a SharePoint calendar on Outlook for Windows. It does not work on Outlook for Mac. You can however add the Office 365 group calendar on Mac.