Connect Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook to FITsociety

Every coach can now connect their own Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook calendar to FITsociety. Appointments and calendar tasks from FITsociety will then appear automatically in the calendar they use every day.

The coach availability configured in FITsociety remains the source of truth. The connection does not automatically make free time in Google or Outlook bookable. In FITsociety, you still decide which days and times you are available.

When you enable two-way synchronization, appointments that are already in your Google or Outlook calendar are also treated as busy time for that coach. If a private or other external appointment falls within your configured availability, that time is no longer considered free. This allows FITsociety to take your complete calendar into account when planning and offering available times, reducing the risk of double bookings.

External appointments are not converted into classes or client bookings. They are used only as blocked calendar time. Each coach in the account connects their own calendar.

The Google Calendar connection took a little longer to become available. Google carefully reviews applications that access calendar data. We therefore had to demonstrate which data FITsociety processes, why it is needed, and how we handle it safely and responsibly. This review has now been completed and Google has approved FITsociety to process the required calendar data.