Google Calendar to Outlook
This workflow enables automatic synchronization between Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar, ensuring real-time updates for newly created and canceled events. Through an automated triggering mechanism, users can avoid time conflicts or omissions caused by inconsistent calendar information, thereby enhancing the efficiency of schedule management. It is suitable for both individuals and teams managing calendars in a cross-platform environment, especially for users who need to use both Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 simultaneously.

Workflow Name
Google Calendar to Outlook
Key Features and Highlights
This workflow enables automatic synchronization of events between Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar, including real-time syncing of newly created events and automatic deletion of canceled events. Through an automated trigger mechanism, it ensures that event information remains consistent across both calendars, significantly enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of schedule management.
Core Problems Addressed
It resolves issues related to event desynchronization and cumbersome manual updates in cross-platform calendar management. By preventing conflicts or omissions caused by inconsistent calendar data, it helps users achieve seamless multi-platform schedule synchronization.
Use Cases
- Individuals or teams using both Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar simultaneously
- Scenarios requiring automatic synchronization of meetings, appointments, and other events across different calendar platforms
- Enterprise environments with mixed use of Google Workspace and Microsoft 365
- Remote work or multi-device, multi-application schedule management needs
Main Workflow Steps
- Monitor New Google Calendar Events: Using the “Incoming Event Trigger” node, the workflow checks for newly created events in Google Calendar every minute.
- Create Outlook Events: Automatically sync the captured Google Calendar event details (title, start and end time, description, etc.) to Outlook Calendar.
- Monitor Canceled Google Calendar Events: Real-time monitoring of canceled events via the “Cancel Event Trigger” node.
- Find Corresponding Outlook Events: Query Outlook Calendar for matching events based on the event title.
- Delete Canceled Events in Outlook: Remove the corresponding Outlook events to maintain synchronization between both calendars.
- Send Email Notifications: Notify relevant personnel via Outlook email that the event has been canceled in Outlook.
- Merge Process Outputs: Use the “Merge” node to consolidate outputs from different branches, ensuring smooth workflow execution.
Involved Systems and Services
- Google Calendar: Serves as the event trigger source, monitoring event creation and cancellation.
- Microsoft Outlook (Calendar and Email Services): Responsible for creating and deleting events, and sending email notifications.
- n8n Automation Platform: Hosts the entire workflow logic, connecting multiple APIs to enable automated processing.
Target Users and Value
- Enterprise employees and team members who need to manage both Google and Outlook calendars in cross-platform office environments.
- Professionals with busy schedules relying on multiple calendar tools for time management.
- IT administrators and automation engineers aiming to simplify calendar synchronization processes and improve work efficiency.
- Any users seeking to bridge Google and Microsoft ecosystems for seamless calendar integration.
By leveraging automation technology, this workflow greatly reduces the time cost and manual operation risks associated with cross-platform calendar synchronization, making it an ideal solution for multi-platform schedule management.