Sharing Schedules

There are two ways to share schedules with Windows Calendar outside of your computer. You can publish your calendar to a Web site to display your schedule, or you can subscribe to an existing calendar to receive schedules. When you publish a calendar, you're actually creating a copy of the calendar, which displays dates but can't be changed in any way. You can, however, set your calendar to update the published copy of your calendar whenever you make any scheduling changes.

Publish

In Windows Calendar, click the calendar you want to publish, and then choose Publish from the Share menu to start the Publish Calendar Wizard.

Use the proposed name of the calendar or enter a different one.

Type or paste in the address where this calendar is to be stored.

Select this check box if you want to automatically publish any changes to the calendar.

Specify which items from the calendar you want to include.

Click Publish.

To send an e-mail announcement with a link to the calendar, click Announce, and then complete and send the e-mail.

Click Finish.

Subscribe

In Windows Calendar, click Subscribe on the toolbar to display the Subscribe To A Calendar Wizard.

Type the address and file name of the calendar you want to subscribe to.

Click Next.

Use the proposed name of the calendar, or enter a different one.

Click, and then choose from the drop-down menu how often you want to update the calendar from its source.

Specify which items from the calendar you want included.

Click Finish.

Tip

Whether you publish your own calendar or subscribe to a calendar, you can change the settings by clicking the calendar in the Windows Calendar list and then making changes in the Details pane.

Tip

You can publish a calendar to a Web site that accepts this type of calendar, or to a network share or public folder on a computer.

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You can also subscribe to an online calendar by visiting the Web site that hosts the calendar and then clicking the link to subscribe.