View Meeting Room Calendar in Webmail (Outlook Web App)

View Meeting Room Calendar in Webmail

If you have opened or viewed a meeting room calendar in Outlook 2013, follow the instruction below to view it in the Webmail, otherwise you need to add the meeting room calendar in the Webmail first.

    1. Sign in Webmail and switch to the Calendar View by clicking the calendar icon located in the lower left corner.

Outlook WebApp. Mail > CTES & Carli 785 Items. CITES & Carli, CMS & web, Listservs, Maintenance, Notes, OTRS, quarantine, RSS feeds, Search Folders, system status, Webmasters. Switch to calendar view.

  1. In the left navigation pane, click “Rooms” to expand it, check the meeting room that you want to view, the meeting room calendar displays side by side with your personal calendar.

    Calendar > June 2016. My calendars, Calendar, Rooms (Click to expand), Library - Main 424B - Workroom, Library - Main - 428 - conf room (select a room calendar to view). The room calendar displays on right.

  2. If needed, close your personal calendar so you’ll see more details in the meeting room calendar. You can add your personal calendar back by checking “Calendar” under “My Calendars“. Please note, a request for a meeting room needs to be made from your personal calendar, see instructions on Make a Room Request in Webmail page.

    Calendar > June 2016. My calendars, Calendar, Rooms, Library - Main 424B - Workroom, Library - Main - 428 - conf room, calendars.

Add Meeting Room Calendar in Webmail

If you have not opened or viewed a meeting room calendar in the Outlook desktop client on a PC, first you need to add the calendar:

  1. In Webmail, go to the calendar view, then right click “Rooms” and select “Add Calendar…” from the pop-up menu.

    Calendar > September 2016. My calendars, Calendar, Group. People's calendars, rooms (right click on rooms). Rename group, remove group, new group, move up in list, move down in list, create new calendar, add calendar (select add calendar).

  2. Click “Name…” to open the address book.

    Add Calendar. You can add a calendar from your organization or from the internet. Calendar from your organization. Name (click to open). (Example: Tony Smith). Calendar from the internet. Calendar URL: (example: webcal://contoso/soccer/ics). Ok, cancel.

  3. In the left panel, click “All Rooms“.
    Address book. Default Gobal Address. All Rooms (click to select rooms). Show other address lists.
  4. Type “library” in the search box and hit enter, you’ll see a list of library rooms. Click a room to highlight it, then click “Select” to add it and click “OK“.

    Address book, default global addresses, all rooms. (Type "library" and hit "Enter" in the search bar). Library - Main - 106 - Conf Room libcalmain106@mx.uillinois.edu (Click to highlight a room). (Click select) Select ->. (Click ok.) Ok, cancel.

  5. Notice the room calendar has been added, click “OK“.

    Add calendar. You can add a calendar from your organization or from the Internet. Calendar from your organization. Name... Library - main - 106 - conf room. (Example: Tony Smith). Calendar from the internet. Calendar URL: (example: webcal:\\contoso/soccer.ics). (Click OK) Ok, cancel.

  6. You’ll see the room calendar is displayed next to your personal calendar.

    Calendar. Library - Main - 106 - Conf Room.

  7. You’ll only need to add a room calendar once. It’ll be available next time when you sign in Webmail, but you may find it has been added under “People’s Calendars” instead of “Rooms“. You can drag and drop it over “Rooms”.

    June 2016. Calendars: My calendar, group. People's calendars: Library - main - 206 - conf room. New, delete, go to today. Share, view.