How to Subscribe to a Google Calendar from Your Windows Live Calendar

I have been using Google services such as Gmail and Google Calendar for some time now. Recently I decided to give some of the newly updated Windows Live services a try. I began using Windows Live Calendar and the thing I liked the most was the To Do List. I have requested for Google to add a To Do List to their calendar for quite a while, but they still have yet to do so. I find the To Do List very useful for keeping track of my homework, tests, and project due dates for school. I figured since I was using the To Do list in Windows Live, I might as well use the calendar too since it's a hassle to use two calendars. I had a bit of trouble figuring out how to subscribe to my Google Calendar from my Windows Live Calendar, so once I figured it out I decided to write a real quick how-to to help anyone else trying to do the same thing.

First, you will need to navigate to your Google Calendar and sign in.

Then click on Settings in the upper right hand corner.

Click on the Calendars tab.

Click on the calendar you want to share, for me it was Nathan.

Scroll down to where it says Private Address: and then click on iCAL.

Right click on the link that comes up, right click and select Copy Link Location.

Click OK to exit that window.

Now head over to your Windows Live Calendar and sign in.

In the middle on the top, click on Subscribe.

Leave the bubble that says Subscribe to a public calendar selected.

Paste the Google Calendar address you copied earlier into the Calendar URL: box.

Type the name you want for your calendar in the Calendar name: box.

Then select a color and click Subscribe to calendar.

You will now see your Google Calendar in the list to the left of your calendar. You can uncheck the box next to it if you don't want to show it on your calendar.

Also of note, there will be a little padlock icon next to every entry from your Google Calendar in your Windows Live Calendar. This is because your calendar entries are private and not publicly shared. if this annoys you, you can publicly share your Google Calendar and then copy the public iCAL link from your Google Calnedar settings.

You can also add other calendars on the web using a similar technique.