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1. #How to sync gmail calendar with outlook surface rt install#
2. #How to sync gmail calendar with outlook surface rt pro#
3. #How to sync gmail calendar with outlook surface rt Pc#

#How to sync gmail calendar with outlook surface rt pro#

There are actually 2 different versions of the Microsoft Surface tablet: Surface with Windows RT and Surface Pro with Windows 8.1 (Pro).

#How to sync gmail calendar with outlook surface rt install#

Does this also include Outlook and if not, can I install Outlook on it later?

If there was a way to merge the events, it might help but so far we have not found a method. That makes a Google-Outlook 2013 Sync option basically useless. That’s been a limitation since day one, much to the anger of many users. But it has now created a 2 nd calendar and that calendar can’t sync to your phone (via ) because Windows Phone can only “see” one calendar.

#How to sync gmail calendar with outlook surface rt Pc#

So for instance, we can have the Google Sync client running on our PC with it pulling down our appointments and syncing to Outlook 2013-works perfectly. The downside though is there is no way (yet) to sync multiple calendars to Windows Phone. That means you no longer need the external Exchange Sync utility that converted your Outlook info to your previous Hotmail account. Outlook 2013 for your PC has some great features built in, including the ability to sync directly with via Exchange. The only downside is the server-sync is not instant. For those of you who just need to view events from other systems, this is a perfect solution. If you need that, you should use the first method as outlined above. Note, this is a one-way sync meaning whatever you add won’t go back into Google Calendar.

You now technically have “multiple” calendars syncing to your single account. Now what should happen is over the next few hours (!) your Google Calendar should sync to your Hotmail/Live Mail/ calendar, which will then sync to your phone. In theory, you can do this with multiple calendars. Select ‘Subscribe’ near the bottom and that’s it. Paste the URL from Google into the ‘Calendar URL’ box give the Calendar any name you like and choose a colorģ. Now you will want to load up and head to the Calendar section. Near the bottom, where it says ‘Private Address’ choose ICAL copy this address Navigate to the top of the page and select the first-tab, called ‘Calendar Details’Ĥ. To the right of the calendar you want to sync, you will see an arrow with a drop-down menu select ‘Share this calendar’ģ. Log into your Google Calendar and navigate down the left hand side until you see ‘My Calendars’Ģ. We like minimalist approaches, so that’s what we chose. But there is a way to create a 1-way sync relationship from your Google Calendar to that will happen server-side, meaning your phone only syncs from one-calendar source.

Yes, the whole process can become very messy. Why create yet-another-account and waste the bandwidth? Or better yet, what if you have some odd situation where you have multiple calendars to sync with? But what if you don’t want to sync Google to your phone? Maybe you don’t even use their email or contacts (gasp!). Once you do that, you can tap on that account and under ‘ Content to Sync’ you can select Email, Contacts and Calendar.Īnd that’s really it. You can do this my navigating to Settings, Email + Accounts and choosing Google. Probably the easiest and most direct way to do this is simply create and sync a Google account to your phone. Before we start, we’ll just get this out the way: no, we don’t much care for Google Calendar either, but certain members of the Mobile Nations editorial staff (who shall rename nameless) insist upon using for our staff planning.