Carousel Cloud and Outlook Calendar

Carousel Cloud has the ability to integrate with Outlook to read and display calendar events.

How it Works

Publish an iCal link

1. Get started by logging into your Outlook account and selecting the settings icon in the upper right

2. Scroll down to the bottom of the quick settings window and select View All Outlook Settings

3. Next, select Calendar, then Shared Calendars

4. Select the calendar you want to publish from the drop-down menu under Publish a Calendar

5. Choose your desired permissions, then publish your calendar

6. Copy the provided ICS link for the calendar

Create the Event Bulletin in Carousel Cloud

1. Log in to Carousel Cloud and navigate to the zone in which you would like to display the Outlook events

2. Select New Bulletin, then select Dynamic as the bulletin category

3. Depending on how you want to organize the events from the Outlook calendar, choose one of the 3 types of highlighted event bulletins

4. Verify iCal is your Schedule Source, and then paste the iCal URL you copied from Outlook calendar into the iCal Feed URL field

5. Configure any additional settings as needed in both the Dynamic and Content tabs. More information regarding bulletin layout and formatting is explained in this support article.

6. Then you can simply hit the orange Publish button in the upper right corner of the events bulletin screen. The event bulletin creation process is complete!