Installing the Slack Calendar Connector It’s really easy to install and use – simply head to the Cronofy Calendar Connector page in the Slack App Directory, or visit slack.cronofy.com. Three clicks later, you’re ready to go!
18th December 2015
In the 'Daily Tools' section, you'll see featured apps including Outlook Calendar and Slack for Gmail. Zoom, OneDrive and Google Drive are other popular communication and file sharing applications. If you don't find an application that you want in the open marketplace, developers can create a custom application using Slack's API. An.ics calendar file opens as a new calendar within Outlook. When opened as an Outlook calendar, the recipient can view the received calendar in side-by-side or overlay views. The recipient can also drag calendar items from the received calendar to another Outlook calendar. Publish a calendar to Office Online. You can share your. With the Outlook Calendar app or Google Calendar app, you can automatically update your Slack status based on your calendar events, making it easy to know whether you’re unavailable or slow to respond. Syncing your Slack status with your calendar is great to: Allow others to check your availability in real-time without leaving Slack.
A few months ago Slack announced Google Calendar integration, so we decided to take it a step further and add Apple iCloud, Office 365, Microsoft Exchange and Outlook.com integration for Slack users too, in the form of the Cronofy Calendar Connector.
Using the Cronofy Calendar Connector for Slack you can make sure that anyone in your channels can post reminders before an event starts and post updates when an event changes.
Installing the Slack Calendar Connector
It’s really easy to install and use – simply head to the Cronofy Calendar Connector page in the Slack App Directory, or visit slack.cronofy.com.
Three clicks later, you’re ready to go!
Calendar Connector features
All your team benefits from the Slack Calendar Connector, so no matter which calendar service(s) they prefer to use and how many calendars they have, they enjoy seamless event reminders and updates.
Slack Outlook Calendar Change Status
You can set custom reminders before events, get daily and weekly digests, get private reminders about events (simply use @slackbot to keep them to yourself), and choose which of your calendars and channels are integrated. You have full control over event reminders, updates, times, digests, and more. There are no limits on how many users or calendars can be connected, so go crazy. It’s completely free.
Need some inspiration? You could use the Slack Calendar Connector for:
Slack Outlook Calendar Integration
- Deadline reminders (including project stages, content, follow-ups etc.)
- Staff birthday reminders and messages
- Meetings (especially recurring ones, e.g. for team catch-ups or sprints)
- Holiday greetings and reminders
- Travel arrangements
- To do list and task summaries
- Client appointment reminders
Feedback (and more)
Using the Calendar Connector? Please let us know what you think by emailing hello@cronofy.com or tweeting us @cronofy.
If you’re an Evernote, Eventbrite or Zendesk user, we have a lot more calendar joy for you. Check out our list of calendar integration apps.
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If you use Trello to manage your projects you might want to try our Trello Calendar Connector. It’s now an official Trello Power-Up!