How do I add an Outlook calendar?
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Hello @MaxLHy
Unfortunately Outlook doesn't expose CalDAV for the calendars so it is not supported to set up read / write access to it from Vivaldi.
It is possible to get a read only subscription, so that Vivaldi will be able to show the events but not add new ones or edit existing.
To set that up in Outlook web site go to calendar settings, select Shared calendars, under Publish calendar select the calendar and click publish. Then you should see a couple of links, copy the one with a .ics ending. Now in Vivaldi go to settings to add a new calendar account. Select Web calendar and paste the link from outlook as URL. This should get you a connection to see the events.Hope this helps and thank you for your interest in Vivaldi calendar.
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Well, Web Calender "works", but:
- I successfully connected my Outlook.com calendar to Vivaldi
- Vivaldi confirms it
- But won't show any event, new or old
Please help us out here,
Jochen
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@mib3berlin this sounds great.
But with *.ics it always means static data and no updates by creating or changing events in Outlook, right?
But you're using the calendar like this, and how is your workflow then?
Sunny greetings to the wonderful Berlin, and you, of course!
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Yes, using web calendar in Vivaldi makes only for a one way connection. It will show your events (and poll for changes periodically) but there is no way to add or change on the server.
MS uses a proprietary protocol for syncing which Vivaldi doesn't support, we'd like to add support for that but AFAIK there are no published docs for working with it and with our limited resources it is not likely to be soon.
There are solutions for gateways which can be used, I've seen https://davmail.sourceforge.net mentioned as one of them. That way the gateway does the conversion from CalDAV to Exchange server. Depending on the use case this might be a viable solution.Kv. Eggert
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Thank you so much for making that clear to me. Any further effort is not worth it. I can clearly live with that. Have a wonderful day, Jochen
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@eggert said in How do I add an Outlook calendar?:
There are solutions for gateways which can be used, I've seen https://davmail.sourceforge.net mentioned as one of them.
Not to hijack the thread, but it would be nice if the team could have a look at getting Vivaldi to access Microsoft-hosted mail through Davmail (so I don't have to!
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It is on my to-do list, preferably running davmail locally (on my computer or in local network) in a docker image.
That list is quite long and disorganized though so please don't hold your breath.
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This is what I'm doing in the meantime - adding outlook calendar to its own panel:
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@eggert Morgen can access MS cal [Office 365 and Outlook] both ways. And Morgen is European. So it should be possible for the Vivaldi developers to integrate. Unless they don't want to.
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@djlconsulting2022 For sure it is possible to integrate 2 way syncing with MS exchange servers, there are a number of applications doing that.
I have not looked into how it is done by other calendar clients, they may be implementing MS proprietary protocol and accessing servers directly or using some gateway, like davmail mentioned above. Currently I'd think that is the path of least resistance to add exchange calendars.It is not a matter of us not wanting to support outlook or office365 but a simple case of limited resources. We'd love to be able to use any service available and it is on the list of things we are working on every day to improve the calendar client. Recently we have been focusing on improving stability, hope we will be able to shift our focus to adding more features and server support soon.
Thank you for taking the time to point out Morgen, looks interesting.
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Do you accept code contributions from the community?
PS: Thanks for such a great browser!
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@jsiulian said in How do I add an Outlook calendar?:
Do you accept code contributions from the community
Not in common ways or with promises but is not forbidden to submit a patch, perhaps sent directly to the tracker. In past I recall some of these were analyzed and somewhat merged.
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@eggert ... EMERGENCY.
We need Outlook Calendar properly working NOW!Forgive my being direct but Microsoft ended support for "Windows Mail & Calendar" I think THIS MONTH, so we have no Email & Calendar system for our Desktop.
I've tried ALL the other Free ones out there, some are limited, and the ONLY one that I've found that fully works with no Limits and no problems is "BlueMail".
It was easy to set up, has no problem connecting to ALL the major Email and Calendar services including Microsoft.
Thunderbird had a terrible system, nightmare to figure out, so I just quit trying to connect it's calendar, and I think it might have been the Microsoft one, but can't remember now.Anyway, I'm coming to Vivaldi full-time, because BlueMail's UI could be better, and I've seen I could get everything in one with Vivaldi.
So, fixing Microsoft connectivity with Calendar is a massive priority.I use both Gmail and Outlook Accounts, and I need both Email and Calendars fully and properly working.
PLEASE PLEASE FIX this immediately....
I'm sure there are MANY in my situation who are trying to find a new Email/Calendar home since the New Outlook is TERRIBLE, and there are almost ZERO good options, BlueMail and Vivaldi seem almost IT.HELP..... Thank you.
Seriously.... I might have to completely LEAVE Vivaldi because of this one thing. I've had to "mod" Vivaldi browser FAR too much, I'm just tired.
I left Edge because they STILL can't support "Open Favorites in New Tab" when they supposedly added it over a year ago, and now the "workaround" to get it doesn't work anymore.
I can't take it anymore....Things should "just work"..... The one of two Major Email Calendar Systems in the world just "Not working" in Vivaldi frankly is NOT ACCEPTABLE...
This has been a major oversight....PLEASE HELP.... We do appreciate it.
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@leeuniverse said in How do I add an Outlook calendar?:
@eggert ... EMERGENCY.
We need Outlook Calendar properly working NOW!Demanding that this work in Vivaldi, isn't going to get it added or working any faster.
I would advise you search for an existing feature request and if there is one, upvote the first post in the thread by clicking the thumb. If there isn't one, create a new thread for it.
However, other Microsoft-specific items have been suggested previously, to be added to Vivaldi. Because it's proprietary to Microsoft, it will likely not be added.
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@leeuniverse
Hi, all your posts here lately are about "This need an urgent fix", "This feature is most important" or similar.
As @eggert mention, MS uses a proprietary protocol for syncing and the Vivaldi team don't have the resources to implement it any time soon.@leeuniverse said in How do I add an Outlook calendar?:
We need Outlook Calendar properly working NOW!
It's just outrageous.
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@mib2berlin ....
Yet somehow MANY other systems can do it just fine.
Clearly it's not as "hard" as you are just believing.But ya, just ignore literally MILLIONS of potential users who are leaving Microsoft because Outlook is so TERRIBLE. Totally good business practice.
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We have a request for ms/outlook calendar
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/53299/microsoft-calendar-sync-support
