

Office may need to reconfigure and reboot a couple of times when you first use it. If the Enter your Product Key screen comes up, click the link to Sign in with an active account instead. When prompted to activate, you'll need to use your Organizational Account, not the Product Key.Download and install the evaluation copy of Microsoft Office 2013 from TechNet.If installed, uninstall Office 2013 "Click to Run".

It won't work with Home Premium accounts (Office suites are different). I haven't tested this with the Office 365 Small Business P accounts, it may or may not work with it. While the MSI install supports custom configurations, it's my experience that activation fails if you use a custom install and remove some applications. You easily sync Outlook with your Google calendar.įurthermore, the calendar on Outlook is part of the main app you can access it using the tab at the bottom of the window.If you have an Office 365 E account that includes Office 2013 you can convert to an MSI install. They include a way to propose new times for events, calendar sharing, the ability to open colleague's calendars (depending on permissions), meeting forwarding, calendar publishing, calendar groups, visible information about each attendee's availability, and even a meeting room finder. The list of calendar features that are unique to Outlook is all aimed squarely at business users.

Once again, it doesn't boast the professional-grade tools of Outlook, but it can handle CalDAV files and subscriptions to cloud-based calendars without difficulty. However, you cannot see the calendar from within Mail you'll need to open the Calendar app separately.Įven though it's accessed via a separate portal, the Calendar app is by no means lacking in features. As mentioned at the beginning of the article, the Calendar part of the Mail app is part of the same root installation.Ĭalendars from all your connected accounts will be displayed, assuming you've granted it the correct privileges.
