Sync team availability to a resource board

Sync team availability to a resource board


TL;DR: Sync your team members' Outlook meetings into a shared resource board in  monday.com  — giving managers a centralized view of who's busy and when. Each team member connects their own calendar, and their meetings appear as items on the board.

The scenario

You're a team lead or operations manager who needs to see your team's availability at a glance. Instead of checking each person's calendar individually, you want all meetings from your team to flow into a single  monday.com  board — so you can spot conflicts, plan resource allocation, and see who has availability.
Sync direction: Outlook →  monday.com  (incoming)

When to use it

  • Operations or resource managers who need a bird's-eye view of team availability
  • Team leads planning sprints or scheduling work around existing commitments
  • Agency teams coordinating across multiple client-facing calendars

Before you start

  • Each team member needs their own Outlook account connected — the personal app syncs from individual calendars, not shared/group calendars.
  • Create a dedicated board for team availability (don't mix with other use cases).
  • Decide which columns you need before configuring the sync — it's easier to set up field mapping with the right columns already in place.

Board setup

Create a dedicated "Team Availability" board with these columns:
  • Name — mapped to the event title (e.g., "Strategy call with client")
  • Date — mapped to the event start date
  • Hour — mapped to the event start time
  • Date (second) — mapped to the event end date
  • Hour (second) — mapped to the event end time
  • Person — assign to the team member whose calendar the event came from
  • Text (optional) — mapped to attendees
  • Text or Long Text (optional) — mapped to the event description

Sync configuration

    Each team member opens the board and connects their own Outlook account via the app sidebar.
    Sync scope — each person selects their personal calendar.
    Incoming data — enable incoming sync so their Outlook events create items on this shared board.
    Field mapping — map event fields to the columns above. The Person column can be set manually or auto-assigned.
    Conditional triggering (optional) — filter out personal events by title keyword, or only sync events from a specific calendar folder.

Common gotchas

  • Use board views (Timeline, Calendar view) to visualize availability in a more intuitive layout.
  • If a team member is in back-to-back meetings, each meeting creates a separate item — use the Date and Hour columns to see overlaps.
  • For full team calendar management (shared calendars, room booking, org-wide sync), consider Outlook Calendar for Teams as a companion app.

Next up

Related

  •  Set up your first sync 
  •  Field Mapping 
  •  Understanding Conditional Triggering 

Still stuck?

Contact us anytime at  support@fantasymedia.io  — we're happy to help.