SharePoint calendar web part by Virto was updated for SharePoint 2016, 2013, 2010 and 2007. You get many new features for managing Exchange calendars inside SharePoint.

Calendar view showing scheduled meetings and events across multiple days in September 2016

Color-coding Exchange Calendar Categories

Virto Calendar web part allows you to color-code Exchange calendar events according to their categories from Exchange. This feature is available for Virto calendars for SharePoint 2010, 2013 and 2016. For example, I need to add the category named “Blue categorie” to Virto calendar.

Calendar event creation form with category color legend dropdown menu

Open “Advanced settings” of Exchange calendar data source, select “Category” field and click “Add new field value and color”.

Advanced Options menu for selecting event field color coding in Virto Calendar

Then type in the name of required category from Exchange (names must be identical).

Advanced Options color coding dialog with Blue category palette and RGB values displayed

Select a color for this category, it may match exactly the color from Exchange. You can add other categories with custom colors in the same way.

Color coding configuration interface for calendar event categories with edit and delete options.

On the screen below you can see the example of event from green category.

Calendar view showing September 2007 meetings including standup meetings, developers conference, and customer meeting.

SharePoint 2013 calendar web part and SharePoint 2016 calendar have been updated to v. 8.4.0.

  • Color coding options for imported Exchange calendars have been added.
  • Exchange event attachments can be managed in the Exchange event edit form.
  • An Exchange event category can be selected in the Exchange event edit form (works for Exchange above ver. 2010).
  • The Time field has been removed from a tooltip for all day events.

SharePoint 2010 calendar’s new 7.5.0 version has the following features:

  • Color coding for Exchange events has been added.
  • Option for displaying events from Exchange public folders has been added.
  • Option for displaying Exchange event attachments in tooltips has been added.
  • Exchange event attachments can be managed in the Exchange event edit form.
  • An Exchange event category can be selected in the Exchange event edit form (works for Exchange from version 2010).
  • The Time field has been removed from a tooltip for all day events.

You can download and try all new versions of updated SharePoint calendar web part and try new features right now!

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