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Adding SharePoint Calendar items to iOS/Smartphone.

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Friday, May 22, 2015 1:27 PM

How can add a SharePoint Calendar to be added to an iOS calendar?

Thanks!

David

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Monday, May 25, 2015 7:35 AM âś…Answered

Hi David,

I found some relevant resource about sync SharePoint calenar to IOS:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/86362f2e-1241-4494-8453-37e56d57628a/sync-sharepoint-2013-calendars-to-iphone

http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/mashpoint/archive/2010/10/07/how-to-synch-your-iphone-ipad-with-a-sharepoint-calendar.aspx

We can also sync SharePoint calendar with Outlook, but not sure Outlook on IOS, we do not have sufficient resource here. You might need to contact their support engineer for more assistance. For your convenience:

https://developer.apple.com/devforums/

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Friday, May 22, 2015 1:55 PM

Natively there does not seem to be an option to add/subscribe to Sharepoint calendars on iOS/Android devices. However there are a few options (ranked on ease of implementation):

1. If your users already have access to your Sharepoint environment, enable Mobile views for the sharepoint calendar list and have them access it directly. (This is not really syncing the calendar with your inbuilt calendar however)

2. Paid 3rd party plugins available which allow synchronizing or downloading and uploading the sharepoint calendar in .ics format with your mobile device calendar. (Cost to purchase)

3. Sync your Sharepoint calendar with Exchange and have users subscribe to the calendar via exchange (which is natively supported for mobile devices)

4. Programmatically sync your sharepoint calendar using REST API as a subscribed calendar

http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/mashpoint/archive/2010/10/07/how-to-synch-your-iphone-ipad-with-a-sharepoint-calendar.aspx

(Another approach, not tested, is to subscribe to the sharepoint calendar using the common RSS feed provided with Sharepoint online)

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Friday, May 22, 2015 2:05 PM

Thanks for the quick reply!  I forgot that I am unable to use any third party tools.

I was able to do option 1, but would prefer to have it part of the calendar...

Any suggestions on option 3?  I will have to research.

Thanks!

David L. Crooks