Plan around your calendars

Steps

1. For Outlook on Mac, open Apple Calendar > Add Account and choose Microsoft Exchange. On iPhone or iPad, open Settings > Apps > Calendar > Calendar Accounts > Add Account; choose Microsoft Exchange for work or school, or Outlook.com for a personal account. Sign in and enable Calendars.
2. Confirm an Outlook event appears in Apple Calendar first. Signing into the Outlook app alone does not connect the system calendar. Your organisation may restrict this access. Set up the account on each device; configure Watch calendar syncing on its paired iPhone.
3. Next-build preview, not in build 48: open Settings > Daily Planning > Outlook Calendar, expand Set Up Outlook Calendar, then choose Check Calendar Connection. It reports local permission, available Exchange calendars and planner selection. It does not verify Microsoft sign-in or server sync, request permission, change selections or write events.
4. If access is denied, allow full calendar access in system Settings. If Exchange calendars are missing, check Apple Calendar account setup. If a selection is unavailable, reconnect that account or explicitly update the selection. An empty day alone does not indicate a failed connection.
5. Open Settings → Daily Planning → Calendar Commitments and choose Connect Calendars. Allow full Calendar access; write-only access cannot read existing events.
6. Enable Show Events in Daily Planner and choose the calendars under each account. Repeat permission and selection separately on other devices, including Watch.
7. Review fixed event blocks and any overlapping tasks, allowing for duration and travel.
8. For a clash, review the offered move time, Return to Queue or Decide Later. Use Optimise Day for a broader proposal and review all changes before applying it.
9. Use Plan for Event to prepare, travel, recover, follow up or create a task from note text you explicitly select.
10. Review calendar changes before adjusting linked tasks or confirming that their reminders should be disabled.