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TIMIFY Calendar Synchronisation

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Choose 1 or 2-way sync between TIMIFY and Google Calendar/Office 365/Exchange using our Marketplace apps to prevent double bookings.

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Choose 1 or 2-way sync between TIMIFY and Google Calendar/Office 365/Exchange using our Marketplace apps to prevent double bookings.

Why Calendar Synchronisation is Essential for Managing Appointments and Improving Business Efficiency

In today’s fast-paced and interconnected world, efficient calendar synchronisation is a crucial component for businesses of all sizes. Whether you're managing appointments, meetings, or services, syncing your calendar with the tools you already use—like Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, or Microsoft Exchange—can streamline your operations and save you valuable time.

Calendar synchronisation ensures that your availability is accurately reflected across all platforms, eliminating the risk of conflicting schedules. By keeping your appointments in sync, you can reduce errors, improve internal coordination, and ensure that both your team and your clients always have access to the most up-to-date schedule information.

With businesses increasingly relying on mobile devices and various software tools, having your events and appointments synced in real-time across multiple platforms is no longer just a convenience—it's a necessity. It helps you stay organised, respond quickly to changes, and keep your clients informed, all while maintaining a smooth workflow. Whether you’re coordinating with a team, managing multiple locations, or accepting bookings directly from your website, calendar synchronisation helps you stay on top of it all.

Google Calendar and Microsoft Office 365

With TIMIFY’s seamless integration with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, managing your appointments has never been easier. Whether you're using Google’s popular scheduling tools or Microsoft’s robust business solutions, TIMIFY ensures that your calendars are always in sync, giving you the flexibility to manage your appointments and events across platforms. This integration helps streamline your booking process, improve team coordination, and eliminate scheduling conflicts—so you can focus more on what matters: serving your customers and growing your business.

What do the apps offer you?

TIMIFY’s integration with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook provides powerful synchronization options to streamline your appointment management. Here's what you can expect from these seamless calendar sync apps:

One-Way or Two-Way Sync:

Easily sync your Google Calendar or Microsoft Office 365 calendar with TIMIFY, either one-way (Google Calendar/Microsoft Outlook → TIMIFY or TIMIFY → Google Calendar/Microsoft Outlook) or two-way, allowing for flexible management of your events and appointments.

Real-Time Calendar Updates:

Ensure your team and clients always have up-to-date information with real-time availability and instant calendar updates—keeping everyone on the same page without delays or confusion.

Secure Connection:

With secure syncing between your Google calendar, Microsoft calendar, and TIMIFY, your data remains protected and safe from unauthorized access.

Sync Settings for All Resources:

Sync your calendar settings across all resources in your TIMIFY account, ensuring smooth management and access for your entire team without missing a beat.

Customizable Sync Options:

Apply individual sync settings for each resource, so you can manage availability and events separately, and ensure that the right information is shared for appointments, services, and meetings.


What are the benefits?


Centralized Appointments:


  • Keep all your appointments—both business and personal—in one place for quick and easy access. This integration ensures that everything is synced in real time across your Google and Microsoft calendars, eliminating the need to toggle between multiple systems.

Prevent Double Bookings:


  • With automatic syncing, real-time availability is reflected across both your TIMIFY and calendar apps, preventing scheduling conflicts. This boosts team productivity and helps you avoid frustrating overbooked slots.

Share Events with Team Members:


  • Easily share pre-existing events from Google or Outlook calendars with your TIMIFY team members. This keeps everyone aligned, ensuring clients and resources are booked efficiently without confusion.

Control Sync Permissions:


  • Decide which team members can sync their personal or work calendars with the TIMIFY calendar. This flexibility lets you manage team access while maintaining privacy and ensuring only relevant events are synced.

Block Out Unavailable Times:

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  • If you're unavailable to accept bookings, simply block out times on your Google or Microsoft calendar. TIMIFY will automatically sync these periods, ensuring that clients cannot book during your designated downtime.

How to use the apps?

  • Install the Google Calendar and Microsoft Office 365 App from our Marketplace, via the apps module in your calendar
  • Manage your sync options from the settings tab
  • For Google Calendar and Microsoft Office 365 App apps you can allow anonymous syncing, which lets your team keep their bookings or events private. No data gets synced other than the time slot for the booking or event
  • Invite the resources you share your calendar with to sync to TIMIFY
  • Manage individual resource settings, sync directions (one or two way) and specific data that should be included in the sync

For full instructions and tips, read our Microsoft Office 365 and Google Calendar synchronisation apps support articles.

The Microsoft Office 365 and Google Calendar apps are available to Premium and Enterprise customers.

Microsoft Exchange App

It is possible to to sync TIMIFY bookings to your Microsoft Exchange Calendar, and/or Microsoft Exchange events to your TIMIFY Calendar, but there are some restrictions you need to be aware of:

This app is available under arrangement for TIMIFY Enterprise plans.

This is a private app: contact your Key Account Manager or the TIMIFY Support Team if you want to start using this app.

We recommend you consult your data protection officer to ensure you select sync settings that align with your company's data protection policy.

For a list of sync exceptions, check out this article.

Try the TIMIFY Calendar Sync apps today

Activate the 14-day free trial of Premium or Enterprise to access and test the apps without charge.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is calendar synchronisation, and why is it important for appointment scheduling?
Calendar synchronisation is the process of syncing your appointment booking software—like TIMIFY—with third-party tools such as Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, or Microsoft Exchange. This ensures your availability is reflected across platforms, helping to prevent, manage meetings, and streamline scheduling for both customers and internal team members. It also allows businesses to accept bookings and track events from any browser.
Can I control which events or users are synced in TIMIFY?
Yes! TIMIFY offers flexible sync settings, allowing you to manage calendar synchronisation for each team member or resource individually. You can also decide which data, such as booking availability, credit card required options, or meeting times, are included in the sync. This helps teams maintain control over appointment visibility, especially for personal calendars or confidential events.
Is the TIMIFY sync integration secure, and how do I get started?
Yes, TIMIFY ensures a secure connection during all synchronisation processes. Your data is protected in compliance with privacy regulations. To get started, simply download the Google Calendar or Microsoft 365 sync app from the TIMIFY Marketplace, configure your sync settings, and begin syncing events. A 14-day free trial is available for Premium and Enterprise users to test the full feature set without any cost.
How does TIMIFY sync with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook?
TIMIFY integrates seamlessly via its Marketplace apps. You can choose one-way or two-way sync, enabling automatic updates to your calendar, whether appointments are booked via your booking page, website, or manually entered in your external calendar. This makes it easier to manage appointments, services, and resources from one centralized system.
Can TIMIFY calendar synchronisation support multiple locations and users?
Absolutely. TIMIFY is designed for teams, multi-location businesses, and organizations. You can apply sync settings across all your locations, or customize them per user, room, or service package. This makes it easy to manage appointments, track bookings, and maximize availability across your entire business—while also improving customer experience.
How does TIMIFY help prevent double bookings?
With real-time sync between TIMIFY and tools like Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, your availability is always up to date. This automatically blocks out any time slots already filled—whether by business or personal events—on your synced calendars. By eliminating manual entry and automating schedule management, TIMIFY significantly reduces the risk of double booking.
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