Add Windows Live Calendar & Google Calendar events with each other
Posted on Sunday, 26 February 2012
Google Calendar events in Windows Live Calendar:
- In Google Calendar, Select Settings then Calendars.
- Click on your Google calendars name.
- In Private Address area, click ICAL icon.
- Copy this URL address but replace “https:” with “http:” for it to work.
- In Windows Live Hotmail, select Calendar.
- Click Subscribe -> subscribe to a public calendar.
- Paste in the Calendar URL from Google (see step 4).
- Select a nice color and click Subscribe to calendar.
Next, Windows Live Calendar events in Google Calendar:
- In Windows Live Calendar, select Share -> (the name of your calendar.)
- Select Share this calendar option.
- Tick share your calendar privately with friends and family.
- Tick Send people a view-only link to your calendar.
- Click on ICS: Import into another calendar application.
- Copy the ICS links address URL. (webcals://cid-… etc.)
- replace the “webcals://” with “http://” in the URL you copied.
- In Google Calendar, select Other Calendars->Add by URL.
- Paste in the URL as edited in step 7 above.
- Click Add Calendar.
Done!
(Please note that while they can view each others calendars, you cannot delete the Windows Live Calendar item in Google.)
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