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Private appointments allow you to keep personal or sensitive calendar entries hidden while still maintaining a complete schedule in Tribe. This is useful when you want to see availability without exposing appointment details. You would use this feature when working with the Microsoft 365 calendar connector and managing private events in Outlook. By following this guide, you will understand how private appointments work and how they are displayed in Tribe.
Table Of Contents
What Does This Feature Do?
Why Or When Should You Use It?
Where Is This Feature Displayed?
Additional Features Or Related Actions
What Does This Feature Do?
Private appointments created in Outlook are synchronised to Tribe through the Microsoft 365 connector. Instead of appearing as normal appointments, they are shown as private in Tribe. This ensures sensitive information is not visible while still keeping your calendar schedule accurate.
Why Or When Should You Use It?
You should use private appointments when you want to block time in your calendar without sharing details in Tribe. This is helpful for personal events or confidential meetings that should not be visible to others. It allows you to manage availability while maintaining privacy.
Where Is This Feature Displayed?
Private appointments appear in the Tribe Calendar with the subject Private. They are shown as a grey block and cannot be edited in Tribe.
Note: Private appointments can only be created in Outlook. Any changes must also be made in Outlook, as private appointments are not editable in Tribe.
Additional Features Or Related Actions
This functionality is available only when using the Microsoft 365 calendar connector. It is not supported by other calendar integrations.
Quick Summary
Private appointments created in Outlook are shown as private in the Tribe calendar. They appear as non-editable grey blocks with the subject “Private.” This ensures privacy while keeping your availability and schedule in sync between Outlook and Tribe.