Request vacation or sick leave with a M365 group calendar using a MOBILE Outlook Client

Be sure that your manager and group use the Microsoft 365 group calendar as a method to request absences before following these instructions.  

  1. In the calendar section of Outlook make sure that the group calendar that is associated with this team is one of the active calendars.

     
  2. Click the "Create New Event" icon in the bottom right corner

     
  1. In the new event window, click the drop down arrow near the top and choose the calendar with the name of your team.

    NOTE: If you do not see your team's calendar in the list, repeat step 1.
     
  1. Enter a title for your request starting with your name then a brief description of your request

     
  2. Add your name to the list of required attendees and make sure that you are the only one listed in this field.

  3. Update the date/time details for your request. If the request is for an entire day or multiple days, toggle the "All day" setting

     
  4. (Optional) Add additional details about your request in body of the request

     
  5. Ensure the status of the event gets set to either "Busy" or "Out of Office"

     
  6. Click the check mark at the top to save the event/send the request.

     
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