# Connect your Outlook or Google calendar > Calendar in SkedX CRM works without any connection, as the follow-up system for leads. Connecting is optional. With nothing connected, Calendar offers Connect Outlook and Connect Google above your week; either opens one step before Microsoft’s or Google’s own screen: Use it for — Calendar ticked, Inbox one tap away — and what SkedX will be able to do, which follows the ticks; Continue with Microsoft (or Google) asks for exactly what is ticked. If Inbox was left unticked, Calendar asks once right after whether to copy that mailbox’s mail into the Inbox too (only you would see it). A mailbox already connected for email whose calendar was never allowed — an Outlook connected before 2 September 2026, or one connected for the Inbox alone — says "Your Outlook is connected for mail." with one button, Allow Calendar to use your Outlook: it opens Microsoft’s or Google’s window on that same address, asks only for the calendar, and changes nothing in the inbox. A calendar is allowed in one place, Calendar settings › Connected accounts. Every other screen that needs it — New meeting’s Video call, Settings → Integrations, Settings › Email, SkedX Flow’s Bookings — says why and offers Allow in Calendar ›, which opens Connected accounts with ‹ Back to … and returns you by itself once the calendar is allowed. Allowing Calendar is all that Teams and Meet links need: a work or school Outlook makes Teams links and a Gmail makes Meet links; a personal outlook.com brings its calendar but no Teams links. With Gmail, Google may say it is still reviewing SkedX’s calendar access — choose Continue; until Google’s review ends, SkedX reads that calendar, and adding meetings to it starts when the review ends. Your meetings from SkedX appear in Outlook or Google, and theirs appear in Calendar. Colleagues see your synced meetings only as Busy, and a meeting marked private never shows its title. Calendar settings › Connected accounts says how each calendar’s changes arrive: Every 30 min (SkedX reads the calendar every half hour, so a change shows within half an hour). Live updates, where Outlook or Google tells SkedX the moment something changes, are not switched on yet; once they are for your company, the line says Live, or Live updates stopped with the reason and one step — Try again, or Reconnect when the mailbox needs it — and the calendar is still read every 30 minutes, so nothing is missed. If the sign-in itself stops working, Calendar says Outlook asks you to sign in again, and signing in brings back whatever the account is used for. Product: SkedX CRM · Topic: Calendar · Draft — steps not yet re-verified in the live product Calendar is where a calendar is connected: one step says what SkedX may use, and every other screen sends you here and back. ## Step 1: Connect once With nothing connected, Calendar works on its own and offers, above your week, **Connect Outlook** or **Connect Google** — or **Not now**, which puts the notice away. **Calendar settings** › **Connected accounts** has the same **Connect** on each row. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar ## Step 2: Choose what SkedX may use Either button opens one step before Microsoft’s or Google’s own screen. **Use it for**: **Calendar** is ticked; **Inbox** is one tap away — tick it to use that mailbox in the Inbox too, and choose who sees it (an Outlook’s mail is copied every 2 minutes; a Gmail sends from SkedX, and copying its mail is one more step in Email accounts, a Google app password). With Google, a line under Calendar says Google is still reviewing SkedX’s calendar access: SkedX can read the calendar today, and adding meetings to it starts when Google’s review ends. **Skode will be able to** follows your ticks. **Continue with Google** — or Microsoft — asks for exactly what is ticked. If you left Inbox unticked, Calendar asks once right after: **Also copy ‹address›’s mail into your Inbox?** (for a Gmail, **Also use ‹address› in your Inbox?**) — **Yes, add my Inbox** or **Not now**. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar ## Step 3: Your email is already connected? Allow Calendar to use it A mailbox connected for email only — an Outlook connected before 2 September 2026, or one connected for the Inbox alone — says **Your Outlook is connected for mail.** above your week, with one button: **Allow Calendar to use your Outlook**. It opens Microsoft’s (or Google’s) window on that same address and asks only for the calendar; nothing changes in your inbox, and its meetings appear on your week. **Not now** puts the notice away; **Calendar settings** › **Connected accounts** keeps **Allow** on that row. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar ## Step 4: Allow it from any screen Your calendar is allowed in one place — **Calendar settings** › **Connected accounts**. Any other screen that needs it — New meeting’s Video call, a meeting’s link, Settings -> Integrations, Settings › Email, SkedX Flow’s Bookings — says why, for example “Teams links need your Outlook calendar, and Calendar isn’t allowed to use it yet.”, and offers one link: **Allow in Calendar ›**. Under a mailbox in Settings › Email the same link reads **Allow Calendar to use it ›**. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar ## Step 5: Come back by yourself The link opens **Connected accounts** with **‹ Back to …** under its title. Press **Allow** and sign in to the same account; the moment Calendar may use it, you are taken back to where you were. Changed your mind? **‹ Back to …** takes you back without allowing anything. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar?settings=connected ## Step 6: See how fast changes arrive Open **Calendar settings** › **Connected accounts**. Under each calendar one line says how its changes reach SkedX: **Every 30 min** — a meeting added, moved or cancelled in Outlook or Google shows in SkedX within half an hour. Live updates, which bring a change within seconds, are not switched on yet; once they are for your company, the line says **Live**. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar?settings=connected ## Step 7: Sign in again if SkedX asks When the sign-in itself stops working — a changed password, or access removed in Microsoft — Calendar says **Outlook asks you to sign in again** above your week, with **Sign in to Outlook again**. In **Calendar settings** › **Connected accounts** its row says **Stopped syncing — sign in again to bring its meetings back**; **Reconnect** takes you to Settings › Email, where signing in again brings back whatever this account is used for — Calendar, the Inbox, or both. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar?settings=connected ## Step 8: What colleagues see Your synced meetings show to colleagues only as **Busy**. A meeting marked private in Outlook or Google never shows its title — not even to admins. **Calendar settings** › **Team & visibility** says so under **What colleagues see of your meetings**. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar?settings=team ## Step 9: When sync stops If Outlook stops syncing, Calendar says so above your week — from when, and that meetings since then may be missing — with **Reconnect Outlook** beside it. Reconnecting brings back whatever the account is used for — Calendar, the Inbox, or both. While one of your booking links is on, the notice also says the link can’t see those meetings as busy, and offers **Pause booking links** to switch them off until it is back. Open it directly: https://crm.skode.ai/calendar ## Common questions ### Does connecting my calendar send anything to the people on my meetings? No. Connecting copies your meetings into SkedX and nothing more: no email to anyone on them, no reminders for meetings that are over or cancelled, no “invited you” notice to colleagues (their own calendar already told them), and a past meeting is never counted as an overdue task. You still get your own reminder before a meeting that is still to come. ### Why does Calendar ask again when my email is connected? Connecting a mailbox for email lets SkedX send and read mail, not use its calendar — an Outlook connected before 2 September 2026 was never asked, and a mailbox connected for the Inbox alone was not either. **Allow Calendar to use your Outlook** asks once, in Microsoft’s (or Google’s) own window on the same account; your email is not touched. If Microsoft says your organisation needs an admin to approve SkedX, ask them, then press the button again. ### What works with Gmail while Google reviews SkedX’s calendar access? Google may say it is still reviewing SkedX’s calendar access — choose **Continue**. SkedX can read that calendar today, so its meetings show in Calendar; adding the meetings made in SkedX to it starts when Google’s review ends. If you untick the calendar on Google’s screen, Calendar says so — keep **See and edit events** ticked and try again. ### Do Teams or Meet links need another permission? No. Allowing Calendar is the permission: a work or school Outlook makes Teams links, and a Gmail makes Meet links. Settings › Email shows it under the mailbox — **Calendar · Teams links** or **Calendar · Meet links**. ### Why does New meeting say “Teams links need your Outlook calendar”? Your Outlook is connected for mail, and Calendar isn’t allowed to use its calendar yet — so SkedX cannot make the Teams link. **Allow in Calendar ›** opens Connected accounts; one sign-in on the same account adds the calendar, and you come back. ### My outlook.com account makes no Teams link — why? Microsoft makes Teams links only for work and school accounts. A personal outlook.com (or hotmail.com, live.com) still brings its calendar, and Settings › Email shows it as **Calendar** alone; for the meeting link choose **Paste a link instead ›** and paste a Meet, Teams or Zoom link. ### Do I have to connect Outlook or Gmail? No. Calendar works on its own as your follow-up system for leads — meetings, calls and reminders on each record, your booking link, and times offered in WhatsApp. Connecting Outlook or Google only adds the meetings from that calendar. “Not now” puts the connect notice away. ### How quickly does a meeting from Outlook or Google appear? Within half an hour — the calendar’s line says **Every 30 min**. Once live updates are on for your company, the line says **Live** and a change arrives within seconds. ### Why does my calendar say Every 30 min? Live updates are not switched on for your company yet, or were just switched on — they start within the hour. If it says **Live updates stopped**, use the step beside it. ### Do I need a separate calendar connection? No — one account serves both. If you connected it for email only, **Allow Calendar to use your Outlook** adds the calendar to the same connection, in one consent. ### Do the people on my Outlook or Google meetings show on their records? Yes, when the CRM already has them. Each guest’s email is matched to a record in your company — open the meeting and a matched guest has **Open record ›**; the meeting shows on that record. Nobody new is created from an invite, and a guest the CRM does not know stays an email. 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Terms: https://skode.ai/terms/ ## Related guides - Your calendar: the week, a meeting at a glance, and moving it: https://skode.ai/help/crm/calendar/your-calendar/ - Set up your Inbox in SkedX CRM: channels, who becomes a record, the side panel, templates: https://skode.ai/help/crm/inbox/connect-your-inbox-in-skode-crm/ - Invite guests to a meeting and see who is coming: https://skode.ai/help/crm/calendar/invite-guests-and-see-who-is-coming/ - Colleagues booking you: who may add meetings to your calendar: https://skode.ai/help/crm/calendar/colleagues-booking-you/ - Create a booking link and share it: https://skode.ai/help/crm/calendar/create-a-booking-link/ - Create a meeting from the Calendar — with the person it is for: https://skode.ai/help/crm/calendar/create-a-meeting-from-the-calendar/ Source: https://skode.ai/help/crm/calendar/connect-your-calendar/