A few days ago I spoke on how to export your contacts from Outlook and import them into Gmail. Today, we continue the migration process from the Outlook desktop client to the adventurous Google cloud by detailing a similar task for calendar events.

Within Outlook, switch to your calendar view and select the calendar you wish to export. Right-click on this calendar and choose Save As.

In the Save As dialog window locate and click the More Options .. button.

You’ll want to ensure that you select Whole calendar for the Date Range and Full details for the Detail level. Click OK to return to the traditional Save As dialog.

Name the file something recognizable and verify that the Save as type is iCalendar Format (.ics). Click Save.

From within Google Calendar click the Settings link in the middle left-hand side of the window.

Click on import calendar.

Browse to the .ics file that you exported above. Choose the appropriate Google Calendar should you have more than one – by default you likely just have the one. Then click Import to initiate the process. Depending on the number of items you are importing, the time can very from a few seconds to a minute or so.

Once the process is completed you will be redirected to a results page which will display, ideally, a 100% success rate.