How Can Active Outlook Calendar Be Integrated To Linux Ubuntu Thunderbird Mail Program

Dear all,

I recently installed, for the first time, Linux to my Lenovo X220 .
First impression is good, everything is running smooth so far :-)
I do though have ran into a wall when trying to integrate my company Outlook calendar into Thunderbird Mail.
Ubuntu 14.04 and Thunderbird 1:31.6.0 is what I have.
In our company we do use shared Outlook calendar to track and update many events on daily bases and I'm the only Linux user and would hate to give up making this work on my end. Now updating my entries via mobile phone and Ipad..
Any simple solution to this to work on my Laptop? ;-)


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