Windows 10: Family Calendar: when will it be editable on the desktop?

MS, why in the world would you set up the shared family calendar so that it is not editable or you cannot make additions from the desktop. Additionally, categories for family calendar entries on the phone don't appear but they do on the desktop but they are greyed out so they can't be used.

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Adding outlook family calendar to outlook 365


Mate, I feel your pain.

I've been able to get my family calendar to load in Outlook.com (Web browser), W10 Calendar, Outlook for Android, and Outlook 365. Of all of these choices, the ONLY app where my Family calendar is READ-ONLY is ......Outlook 365.

In fact, the ONLY Outlook.com-based calendar that I can edit in Outlook 365 is my personal calendar. According to MS Tech Support (2nd level), because it links to Outlook.com as an Exchange server, it only will update its own account's calendar.

So, I'm hoping someone has an answer soon.

 

Family Calendar

Hi Ian,

If you're referring to a shared family calendar, we do have this option available when you log in to your
Outlook.com account. The steps on how to create a shared family calendar using Microsoft family can be found on this

support article.

Feel free to post back should you have other concerns.

 

Adding outlook family calendar to outlook 365


Thank you. I looked at the link and I think what I need is ‘publish calendar’ which may get me the ics link I wanted. I’ll give it a go later on. It may not play ball because it is a family calendar rather than a conventional one but it sounds like it’s the best option. I don’t need the edit access in outlook 365, I just want the appointments in there and on my mac calendar so everything gets updates when I add a family entry on my iPhone. It’s tough to get a calendar that supports everything. I’d use iCloud calendar but mail and calendar app doesn’t support it. This way all our devices and machines plus Alexa can read the family calendar

cheers,
Wayne