Callers booked straight onto your Outlook calendar
Connect Outlook and your Allo AI receptionist books the meeting while the caller is still on the line, on the calendar you choose, inside the hours you set.
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Allo
1Your AI receptionist answersIt finds a free slot and books it while the caller is still on the line.
Outlook2It's on your Outlook calendarOn the calendar you picked, at the length you set.
You set the rules,
it books into Outlook
Choose the calendar it books on and how long meetings last, set the hours and rules it books inside, and see every meeting it booked from its Overview.
Any connected account in the workspace, any of its calendars you can edit. Meetings last 30 minutes unless you change it.
OutlookConfigureSelect the account to use
Jordan LeeCalendarThe Outlook calendar where your AI receptionist creates events.DemosEvent durationLength of the meetings your AI receptionist books.30 minA 30 minute buffer, your business hours and 2 hours of notice are on by default. Blocked dates are never booked.
The agent's Overview lists the upcoming meetings it booked, next to its recent calls.
What Allo reads
and books in Outlook
Allo reads your calendars, then creates the meeting on the one you picked while the caller is still on the line.
From Outlook
CalendarsOnly the ones you can edit- Primary calendarUsed when none is picked
Business hours, time zone, blocked dates and booking rules are set per connected account, on its integration page in Allo.
Booked by Allo
MeetingsOn the calendar you pick, 30 minutes by default
Taking the time down by hand
vs booking with Allo
Taking the time down by hand
Callers asked to leave a message and wait for a callback- A time promised on the phone, then double-booked
- Somebody typing the appointment into Outlook later, or not at all
- Evenings and weekends going straight to voicemail
With Allo
The meeting booked while the caller is still on the line- Only slots that are genuinely free, inside your hours
- The event on your Outlook calendar, with nothing retyped
- Bookings taken after hours and at the weekend
Allo is an AI phone system,
not just an integration
The Outlook sync is one part. Allo is the phone your team calls, texts and gets coached from every day.
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888-298-ALLOIn Allo, go to Settings, then Integrations, then Outlook, and click Connect Outlook Calendar. Sign in on Microsoft's page and grant Allo access to your Outlook calendar. You're sent back to Allo, which reads your calendars, and your account appears in the connected list.
The one you choose. Allo only offers calendars you can edit in Outlook, and if you don't pick one it books onto the account's primary calendar. You also set how long each booked meeting is, 30 minutes by default. There are no event types to configure.
Yes. Any team member can connect their own Outlook account, and any connected account in the workspace can be the one an agent books from, including a teammate's. Changing which calendar it uses and how long the meetings are is restricted to the account's owner, an admin or a manager.
Booking rules. A 30 minute buffer between meetings and a 2 hour minimum notice are on by default, business hours are respected by default, and you can turn on a booking window to cap how far ahead callers can book, 60 days by default. Blocked dates are never booked over.
Allo only shows calendars you can edit in Outlook. Check your sharing permissions for that calendar, or connect the account that owns it.
Only the person who connected it can disconnect it in Allo. They can also revoke Allo's access directly from their Microsoft account.
Yes. The Outlook connection exists so your Allo AI receptionist can book a caller in during the call. It's what turns an after-hours call into an appointment instead of a voicemail.