Microsoft has introduced that the brand new calendar expertise in Groups is now usually obtainable. It brings the most recent improvements from Microsoft Copilot and Locations to enhance the scheduling and time administration expertise and affords a unified expertise with the Outlook calendar. The Redmond large stated that is obtainable for all industrial prospects.

With the Outlook and Groups calendars unified, customers could have a well-recognized expertise throughout each companies. This replace additionally brings extra function parity together with delegate entry, print help, expanded calendar settings, filtering, help for a number of time zones, time options in scheduling, help for attachments, and extra.

“This evolution of the calendar empowers you to attain extra by incorporating the most recent improvements from each Copilot and Locations to assist infuse intelligence into your time administration,” Microsoft stated, discussing the brand new calendar in Groups. “Copilot capabilities like managed reserving can be found within the new calendar expertise. Locations capabilities like office presence and the Locations card are additionally obtainable. With a Groups Premium license, superior capabilities like fast guide and Locations finder can be found within the new calendar.”

One of many huge adjustments on this replace is the introduction of latest calendar views. Explaining the choices obtainable now, Microsoft says:

• Month View: View your calendar by month, a extremely requested function, particularly helpful for customers with sparse calendars.
• Break up View: When multiple calendar is chosen, now you can break up the calendar into two impartial views.
• Time Scale: Specify time scales or intervals for the calendar floor
• Saved Views: Save your present view for straightforward entry later
• Climate Show: See the climate on your present location straight within the calendar

The brand new calendar could be enabled or disabled everytime you like. Open the Groups desktop consumer and go to the Calendar app. Within the top-right of the calendar floor, you must see the New Calendar toggle, press this, and you will get the brand new model in seconds. Simply press the toggle once more to revert to the traditional model.

Microsoft will not be altering any settings for customers or organizations with this replace and the brand new expertise is opt-in, so if you wish to use it you’ll be able to, however you do not have to, and you will not see any adjustments till you select to see them.