We’re going to look at how to add one to the Outlook client and the Outlook web app. You can add an iCal link to pretty much any calendaring program, such as Google Calendar or Apple Calendar. iCal links are links to an ICS file-such as “” (a significantly cut-down link normally they’re much longer than this). Sometimes you’ll be sent an iCal link as an actual link though, which you can manually add to your calendar. For example, when you share your Outlook calendar, the person you’re sharing it with just gets a button to press, not a link.īut behind this button is an iCal link that will add the shared calendar to your calendar. Your calendaring software will generate an iCal link when you share it with others, even if you never see the link itself. It’s supported by almost every calendaring program you’re ever likely to use.
iCal is an open standard for exchanging calendar and scheduling information between users and computers it has been around since the late 1990s. An iCalendar link, often shortened to “an iCal”, is a link to another calendar.
