Connecting Outlook Calendar Beginner

Connect Outlook Calendar so your bot can work in it for you. This guide explains what that means, how to connect it in a few clicks, and practical things to try.

What you'll learn

What connecting Outlook Calendar lets your bot do
How to connect it step by step
How to stay in control and disconnect

Before you start

The Grok Bot app, installed and signed in. New? See where to download it and installing and signing in.
A Outlook Calendar account you can sign in to.

1. What Outlook Calendar is and why connect it

Outlook Calendar is the calendar inside Microsoft Outlook. A connector is a link that lets your bot work inside an app for you, instead of you clicking around yourself. Once Outlook Calendar is connected, you can just ask in plain words and your bot does the work in Outlook Calendar. New to connectors? Read What is a connector first.

2. Connect Outlook Calendar

Open Grok Bot and click Connect apps in the sidebar. (Or just type "Connect Outlook Calendar" to your bot; it can show a Connect card right in the chat.)
Find Outlook Calendar in the list. If you can't find it, ask your bot; which connectors appear can depend on your account.
Click to connect. Your web browser opens Outlook Calendar's own sign-in page.
Sign in there and read what access it asks for, then approve. Your password goes to Outlook Calendar, never into the chat.
Come back to Grok Bot and test it with a simple request, like one of the ideas below.

Screenshot: The Connect apps list in the sidebar with Outlook Calendar highlighted.

Screenshot: Outlook Calendar's own sign-in or permission screen.

3. What your bot can do with it

You can ask it to list your events.
You can ask it to create, update and cancel events.

Exactly which actions are available depends on the connector's current tools. If you're not sure, ask: "What can you do with Outlook Calendar?"

4. Staying in control

A connected app is available to every bot on your account. Bots draft messages and changes for your approval, and risky actions are checked by Auto-review (see Safety and approvals). To cut access later, remove the connection on the Outlook Calendar side (Microsoft Support: Outlook calendar) or ask your bot how to disconnect it.

Ideas to try

Morning check.
What's on my Outlook calendar today?
Book time.
Add a 1-hour 'Inventory count' block Thursday at 3 PM.
Reschedule.
Move my Friday dentist event to next Monday at the same time.
Week planning.
List all my meetings next week longer than an hour.

Tips

Start with read-only requests (search, list, summarize) before asking for changes.
If you have more than one account, tell the bot which one to use.
If Outlook Calendar stops responding, ask your bot to check the connection. You may just need to sign in again.

Facts about the Grok Bot app come from Cursor's official Grok Bot documentation. Outlook Calendar details: Microsoft Support: Outlook calendar. Menus and services change; if something looks different, check the official docs or ask your bot.