# Connecting your Outlook Calendar

Source: https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/calendar/calendar-set-up/connecting-your-outlook-calendar

> Connect your Outlook Calendar to Astalty from your user settings.

Astalty Premium - This feature is part of the Astalty Premium plan. See What Premium includes.

Connect your own Microsoft account so your Outlook Calendar events show in Astalty and the events you create in Astalty are sent to Outlook.

## How to find the Calendar Integration

Select your name at the bottom of the left-hand menu, then **My Profile**. The **Integrations** and **Calendar** tabs appear only on your own profile, so each user connects their own Microsoft account.

![The Dashboard with the user menu opened from the user's name at the bottom of the left-hand menu, with an arrow pointing to the name and My Profile highlighted below Sidebar Behaviour](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/outlook-calendar-my-profile.png)

## Setting Up the External Calendar Integration

Select **Integrations**, then **Connect** under **Microsoft Integration**. The **Google Integration** card below it connects a Google Calendar instead. See [Connecting your Google Calendar](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/calendar/calendar-set-up/connecting-your-google-calendar).

![The Integrations tab of a user profile, with an arrow pointing to Integrations in the profile menu and the Connect button on the Microsoft Integration card highlighted, above the Google Integration card](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/outlook-calendar-integrations-microsoft-connect.png)

Choose the Microsoft account to connect and sign in.

![The Microsoft Sign in page, with a field for your email address, phone number or Skype and Back and Next buttons.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/microsoft-integration-click-through.png)

Accept the permissions Microsoft asks for. Astalty needs to read and write your calendars and read your basic profile and email address. If any of these is not granted, the connection fails and you need to select **Connect** again.

![The Microsoft Permissions requested dialog for Astalty, listing Maintain access to data you have given it access to, Sign you in and read your profile, and Have full access to your calendars, with a Consent on behalf of your organisation checkbox and the Accept button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/cleanshot-2024-08-05-at-10.26.57.png)

Microsoft may instead say that approval is required. Some organisations only let Microsoft 365 users connect apps their IT administrator has approved. Ask your IT administrator to approve the app, then connect again.

![The Microsoft Approval required dialog, listing the access the app needs your admin's approval for, including Sign in and read user profile and Have full access to user calendars, with a justification field and Cancel and Request approval buttons.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/anon-system-message.png)

Once the connection succeeds, select **Configure your Microsoft Integration**. Astalty opens your **Calendar** tab so you can choose which Outlook calendars to show and your main calendar. See [Seeing Your External Calendar In Astalty](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/calendar/calendar-set-up/external-main-linked-calendar-settings).

> **Microsoft's sign-in screens can change**
>
> The sign-in, permission and approval screens belong to Microsoft, and their wording can change. If they look different, follow Microsoft's prompts and make sure calendar access is allowed.

## Reconnecting or Disconnecting

If the connection stops working, Astalty emails you and shows a notification, and the **Microsoft Integration** card shows **Invalid**. Select **Reconnect** and sign in again. Reconnecting keeps your calendar choices and main calendar. While the connection is invalid:

- Your Outlook events do not load in the Astalty Calendar.
- Events you create in Astalty are not sent to Outlook, including after you reconnect.
- Edits and deletions you make in Astalty are not sent to Outlook.

To remove the connection, select **Disconnect** on the card and confirm. Astalty then stops showing your Outlook calendars, clears your main calendar if it was an Outlook calendar, and stops sending events to Outlook. Events already in Outlook stay there, and your Astalty events stay in Astalty. If the card shows **Invalid**, select **Reconnect** instead of disconnecting.