Viewing SharePoint Calendars from Outlook
A SharePoint calendar is a special type of list that displays events in a calendar view as shown in Figure 2-14. SharePoint calendars can be viewed from Outlook much like Exchange shared calendars. Also, you can export individual events from a SharePoint calendar into your personal Outlook calendar so you can get reminders and plan your time while offline.

Figure 2-14. Use SharePoint calendars to view events
The Team Sites and Document Workspace site templates include calendars, but other site templates do not. To add a calendar to a site:
From SharePoint, click Site Actions → Create, and click the Calendar link under the Tracking heading in the middle of the page. SharePoint displays the New page.
Name the list and click Create. SharePoint creates a new calendar within the site.
To view a SharePoint calendar in Outlook:
Display the calendar in SharePoint and click Actions → Connect to Outlook on the list toolbar. Outlook displays a warning that SharePoint Services is adding a folder to Outlook.
Click Yes to allow SharePoint to add the folder. Outlook adds the SharePoint calendar under the Other Calendars heading in the Navigation Pane.
SharePoint calendars are read-only in Outlook, so you can't add events from there. To add an event to the calendar:
Display the calendar in SharePoint and click New on the list toolbar.
SharePoint displays the new item ...