Windows Calendar
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Windows Calendar is a calendar application that is included with Windows Vista
and Windows Server 2008. It natively supports the iCalendar
file format, and has the ability to publish and subscribe to web-based calendars by using HTTP and WebDAV
. Calendars may also be published to network drive shares.
Windows Calendar has several calendar views, including Day, Week (5 and 7 day) and Month, and also supports Tasks. Windows Calendar supports over 100 calendars for each user.
Windows Calendar can be extended using the APIs included with the C4F Developer kit.
On Windows Server 2008, Windows Calendar is not installed by default; it becomes available if the "Desktop Experience" component is installed.
Windows Calendar is not shipped with Windows 7, having been integrated into Windows Live Mail
, but may be reincluded in Windows 8
in a metro app-style form.
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
and Windows Server 2008. It natively supports the iCalendar
ICalendar
iCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics...
file format, and has the ability to publish and subscribe to web-based calendars by using HTTP and WebDAV
WebDAV
Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...
. Calendars may also be published to network drive shares.
Windows Calendar has several calendar views, including Day, Week (5 and 7 day) and Month, and also supports Tasks. Windows Calendar supports over 100 calendars for each user.
Windows Calendar can be extended using the APIs included with the C4F Developer kit.
On Windows Server 2008, Windows Calendar is not installed by default; it becomes available if the "Desktop Experience" component is installed.
Windows Calendar is not shipped with Windows 7, having been integrated into Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail is a free of charge email client from Microsoft's Windows Live set of products. It is intended to be a successor for Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista...
, but may be reincluded in Windows 8
Windows 8
Windows 8 is the codename for the next version of the Microsoft Windows computer operating system following Windows 7. It has many changes from previous versions. In particular it adds support for ARM microprocessors in addition to the previously supported x86 microprocessors from Intel and AMD...
in a metro app-style form.
See also
- Features new to Windows VistaFeatures new to Windows VistaWindows Vista has many new features compared with previous Microsoft Windows versions, covering most aspects of the operating system.This article discusses the changes most likely to be of interest to non-technical users...
- List of personal information managers
- List of applications with iCalendar support