CCE Orleans - Outlook - Add Orleans calendars

Summary

This article provides step-by-step instructions for adding CCE Orleans staff and resource calendars in Microsoft Outlook.

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This article provides step-by-step instructions for adding CCE Orleans staff and event calendars in Microsoft Outlook by searching the Cornell address book. It also includes links to tutorial videos for additional guidance.

NOTE:  You must change a setting in Outlook (Classic) before it will allow you to add group calendars.   Review the section "Allowing Group Calendars in Outlook" in Article - Western - Outlook - Calendars before following the steps below.  (Adding group calendars does NOT work in New Outlook, which is why it's strongly discouraged at this time.)

Adding CCE Orleans Calendars in Outlook

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook on your computer.
  2. Click the Calendar icon located in the navigation pane.
  3. From the top menu, click Add Calendar.
    • Note: If your top menu is in new simplified mode, it may just show "+ Add" in the toolbar.
  4. Select From Address Book from the drop-down options.
  5. In the search box, be sure "Global Address Book" is selected under Address Book field.
  6. Enter the name of the group, staff person, or resource calendar you want to add. (See the tutorial video below for assistance.)
    • To add the CCE Orleans staff calendars, search for rg.extorl.
    • To add CCE Orleans group calendars, search for EXT-ORL-Calendars.
  7. Click OK to add the selected calendar group.Screenshot of Global Address Book search pop up box

Once the groups are added using the steps above, Outlook will show the new groups in the left menu.  See screenshot below.

Screenshot of Outlook CCE Orleans calendar groups

Resources

NOTE:  The CCE Orleans Events calendar is available to everyone via a published link.  Accessible via our website at https://cce.cornell.edu/orleans/events.  
Direct link:  Published Calendar - CCE Orleans Events - Outlook

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Article ID: 7727
Created
Fri 1/16/26 9:32 AM
Modified
Thu 1/22/26 12:39 PM