Microsoft adds Family Calendar, available from anywhere via Outlook.com

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Published onApril 21, 2017

published onApril 21, 2017

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If many members of your family use Outlook.com as their main account for emails, contact and calendars, you may know that Microsoft has introduced some useful family features to manage your kids’ activity. By configuring a family onaccount.microsoft.com/family, parents can manage screen time on kid’s devices, web browsing activity, Windows Store purchases and more.

However, if you always wanted to configure a shared calendar with other family members, you’ll be pleased to learn that this feature is currently rolling to all users who have set up a Microsoft family (viaMSPoweruser). Microsoft MVP Ian Dixon tweeted the following email from Microsoft announcing the new feature:

Just had this from Microsoft about a family calendar is this new?pic.twitter.com/wHylr7YHwU

— Ian Dixon #WIMVP (@isdixon)April 21, 2017

Microsoft has already updated itsMicrosoft Family FAQto detail how Family Calendars work:

We just tried to create a Microsoft Family with a personal Outlook.com account, and the new Family Calendar appeared immediately. You can check this calendar on Outlook.com or any Outlook app, and this looks like a very welcome feature overall. As Microsoft explained, users who already created a Microsoft Family will receive an email when their Family Calendar is ready to use.

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