If you want to connect and synchronize Microsoft To Do with Google Calendar, this guide will help you go through the process. Although there is no official way to connect both services, you can take the help of third-party automation services, such as IFTTT or Zapier. It is possible with Microsoft Power Automate as well. However, IFTTT and Zapier are much better choices in this scenario.
Whether you use IFTTT or Zapier, you would have two options based on what you choose as the source or trigger. For example, if you choose Microsoft To Do as the trigger, something will happen in Google Calendar and vice versa. The number and condition of the task change as you change the source. In this example, we have chosen Microsoft To Do as the source. However, you can do the exact opposite by following the same guide.
Connect & synchronize Microsoft To Do with Google Calendar using IFTTT
To connect and sync Microsoft To Do with Google Calendar using IFTTT, follow these steps:
- Open the IFTTT website and sign in to your account.
- Click the Create button.
- Click the Add button and select Microsoft To Do.
- Choose a trigger from the list.
- Click the Connect button and connect Microsoft To Do.
- Choose a task list and click the Create trigger button.
- Click the Add button.
- Choose Google Calendar from the list.
- Select an action from the list.
- Customize the text and click the Create action button.
- Click the Continue and Finish buttons.
To learn more about these steps, continue reading.
At first, you need to open the official website of IFTTT, ifttt.com, and sign in to your account. After that, click the Create button visible in the top right corner. Then, you need to click the Add button and select Microsoft To Do from the list.
After that, you need to choose a trigger as per your requirements and go to the next screen. Now, you need to click the Connect button and connect Microsoft To Do to IFTTT.
Following that, choose a task list and click the Create trigger button.
Next, click the Add button, search for Google Calendar and click on it to select the Google Calendar as a service.
After that, you must select an action you want to perform. There are mainly two options – Quick add event and Create a detailed event.
You can choose either of them and go to the next screen. Now, customize the text, and click the Create action button.
Once done, click on the Continue button to run the applet.
Following that, whenever you complete a task on Microsoft To Do, it will be added to Google Calendar.
Connect & synchronize Microsoft To Do with Google Calendar using Zapier
To connect and sync Microsoft To Do with Google Calendar using Zapier, follow these steps:
- Visit the Zapier website and log in to your account.
- Click on the Connect this app box and select Microsoft To Do.
- Click on the with this one box and choose Google Calendar.
- Expand the When this happens list and choose a trigger.
- Expand the then do this list and choose an action.
- Click the Try it button.
- Click on the Get started button and connect Microsoft To Do and Google Calendar.
- Click the Next button.
- Customize the event text and click the Next button.
- Click the Send test button to verify the connection.
- Click the Next button.
- Click the Tun on Zap button to activate the applet.
Let’s check out these steps in detail.
For getting started, you need to open the official Zapier website, zapier.com, and log in to your user account. After that, you need to choose four things:
- Microsoft To Do from the Connect this app list.
- Google Calendar from the with this one list.
- A trigger from the When this happens drop-down list.
- An action from the then do this list.
Once done, click the Try it button.
Then, you need to click on the Get started button to start the process of connecting your Microsoft To Do and Google Calendar accounts. During the process, you need to choose the task list and the calendar from the respective services.
Once done, you need to enter the customized text you want to add when Zapier created a new Google Calendar event based on the Microsoft To Do task.
Then, you can send a test to check if everything has been selected correctly. Once done, click the Next and Turn on Zap buttons.
Following that, your applet will run in the background until or unless you stop it manually.
That’s all! Hope this guide helped.
Read: How to connect Google Calendar to Slack, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
Can you sync Microsoft To Do with Google Calendar?
Yes, you can link and synchronize Google Calendar to Microsoft To Do. Although there is no official method available for this purpose, you can take the help of third-party automation services, such as IFTTT, Zapier, etc.
IFTTT vs. Zapier – which one is better for connecting Microsoft To Do to Google Calendar?
Both work the same, but Zapier has an advantage over IFTTT at this moment. That is because it provides more options than IFTTT. Whether you want to use Microsoft To Do as a trigger or an action, you would have more options on Zapier.
