Sync outlook.com calendar with Lightning in Thunderbird

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Hi.

I am looking to sync the calendar in Outlook.com with that available in Lightning, a calendar add-on available for Thunderbird.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi JeffRusk,

first of all: I think we all hear you but MS doesn't seem to hear us. In today's TechWorld it just must be clear that the chances of someone having a Windows Phone while having a Mac at home and a Windows PC at work are not that slim. Still no one agrees on any standard and just keeps doing their own stuff.

But the initial question for this thread was how to get the Outlook.com calendar into Thunderbird's Lightning add-on.

I'm not quite sure that's what you're trying to figure out here.

However I hear you: I used Outlook 2010 with shared calendars.

So maybe I can give you some more insight.

First of all: saving an ics-File and importing it is NEVER any solution when you're trying to share calendars that you want to sync.

The ics file is just one file that contains all your calendar entries from the moment you created that file. The file only updates when you manually create a new file and import it again.

So the way to go is definitely the "link" option. This way your program or interface connects automatically to the file on the Outlook servers were the file is kept up to date.

As I've written before: out of 3 attempts, 2 worked when I pasted the link from the "Get a link" page on Outlook.com and substituted the webcals-prefix with https. The second time I faced the same problem as you: for no reason it just wouldn't work until my Thunderbird erased all account information and I tried again.

And still, there's always the issue of not being able to write data to the calendar if it's shared. It's always read-only.

But when you're using Outlook 2010 or 2013 there shouldn't be any problem with viewing and modifying your own Outlook.com calendar. In 2010 you must download the Hotmail Connector from

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-office-outlook-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx

From what you're writing I assume you use a not synchronized, offline, profile-based Outlook 2010 calendar. You should then definitely switch to using the Outlook.com one in Outlook 2010 with the above mentioned tool since from what you write MS seems to have canceled the feature that would allow you to share internal calendars (publish option).

The connector tool adds full Hotmail/Outlook.com support to Outlook 2010. I just upgraded my Outlook to 2013 so I'm not sure about specifics but in my opinion full support is included in 2013 without the need for the addon.

As for your colleagues I'm sorry but I have no other idea than trying that ics-LINK thing.

Good luck to you..

Andy

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2013-10-28T00:09:44+00:00
Hi dinisbrazão and UrsRudszuck,

We understand that you want to synchronize your Outlook.com Calendar to your Thunderbird Calendar to be able to use it in your Lumia phone.

If this is the case, since you can sync your Outlook.com Calendar in your Lumia phone, you need to subscribe or import your Thunderbird calendar to Outlook.com. You need to contact Thunderbird support if their calendar can be exported as .ICS file and import it to other calendar or if your email client can provide and a subscribed link.

If your Thunderbird calendar can be exported, follow the steps below on how to import calendar in Outlook.com:
1. Go to https://calendar.live.com.
2. Click Import from the Menu bar.
3. Choose Import to a new calendar.
4. Click Choose File to locate where you saved your exported .ICS file of your Thunderbird calendar.
5. Fill out the other details such as calendar name and color.
6. Click Import.
If Thunderbird can produce a subscribe link, here are the steps:
1. Go to https://calendar.live.com.
2. Click Import from the Menu bar.
3. Click Subscribe.
4. Enter the Calendar URL and name.
5. Choose a calendar color and charm.
6. Click Subscribe.
Once done and you sync your Outlook.com account in your Lumia phone, you will be able to access your Thunderbird calendar as well.

Get back to us with the results.

Thank you.
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2013-10-27T13:38:50+00:00

I also need a direct sycronisation for Thunderbird and outlook.com . In my opinion it is a no go that there ist no easy way for a both way sicronisation. I want to buy a lumia device so i want to use windosphone 8 to support me having a a productive day. Please help me to do this in combination with outlook.com and Thunderbird!!
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Anonymous

2013-10-25T19:41:31+00:00

If that's the only help ou can provide, you better go back to sleep.

The problem is not from Thunderbird. If calendar.live.com doesn't provide a link where you can save data, no other entity will be able to sync properly.

If MS want's people to be happy with the ecosystem, must open up.

I don't want to use Outlook. But I like Nokia mobiles - that's why I bought into MS ecosystem. Now with that kind of attitude, I see it might have been a mistake.

Your company can also sleep while competitors are busy charming customers.

If your next reply is not a solution from MS, please don't bother answering.

take care
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2013-10-25T19:17:07+00:00

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

Just like what Marco said, if you're also having issues synching your Outlook.com calendar to Thunderbird, please contact their support for better assistance.

Should you have any other questions or concerns, please let us know.

Thank you.
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