Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Rusty — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:48:49 GMT

How do I delete calendars from the sharing server if the calendar has been deleted from Outlook? i.e., a made a secondary personal calendar and published it to Outlook online. I also subscribed to it in Outlook so I could verify it was updating. Later, I deleted the secondary personal calendar before removing it from the Outlook online server. I then deleted the subscription from Outlook, but whenever I do send/receive all Outlook still tries to get to the published calendar, which is not there, so creates an error "

Task 'Published Calendars' reported error (0x8004010F) : 'The operation failed. An object cannot be found.'"

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Davey Irwin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:17:24 GMT

This is not working, please fix! and once fixed tell us that it works....in the meantime can you please change the message Currently have problems etc ..try again late etc.. into "this does working yet..please add tou email below and we will notify you when it does"... Ta...

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Erika — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:11:27 GMT

Checked syncing of windows live todate with published calendars and they still do not seem to be talking to eachother. Anyone found a fix to this. Outlook says completed successfully but calendar still appears empty on windows live.com

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Jeff Tapia — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:47:27 GMT

I have moved my family from Comcast mail/tools to Windows Live and hoped to use the calendard to share work with my wife (both have Live accounts). The issue is that I want to share this securely and she is only using Live Mail / Live Calendar. Why can we not publish privately (ie. "Only invited users can view this calendar") with other secure Live members? My friend at work does this with Google calendar. I need to find a tool to share my constantly changing work schedule securely with my family's calendar (currently in Live).

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Martha — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:03:52 GMT

I am UK based and my client is US based. Her calendar has been published using windows live and I have been given permission to share. I need to be able to edit her calendar however, this option is not available. As I am a freelance virtual PA, I really need to be able to edit a clients calendar in order to do my job properly. Is there a possibility this function can/will be added and when. Many thanks

Martha

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Michelle — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:47:32 GMT

My calendar publishes on another computer, but does not include full details no matter what we do. We never had this problem before, now it only shows limited details.

I have checked that the full details setting is chosen, but it still does not show the calendar with all of the categories.

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

tm6148 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:53:16 GMT

I've been checking our calendar every day since March 22 when I first noticed that the updating problem seem to have been fixed and it's been showing updates every day. So as far as I'm concerned, it's working okay now. I still wish we didn't have to log into Windows Live (or equivalent) to view published calendars, but I guess I'll get over it.

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Erika — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:52:02 GMT

We are using Windows Live Calenadr for the first time and it does not appear to updating calendar event at all. I imagine the sync is occuring thru the given email address??? nothing on outlook calenadr is appearing on Windows live calendar? Any help!

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

tm6148 — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:00:43 GMT

> I've been checking this every day since March 3 and today, for the first time, my subscribed calendar is showing current data and getting updates. I hope this means the problem is indeed fixed. I'll monitor it for a few days before I let my people know.

re: Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service

Christian Miller — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:40:04 GMT

Okay, let's see if I can clear up a few things. Changes:

The Office Online Calendar Sharing Web UI has been removed, meaning you can't view your published calendars on Office Online anymore; this doesn't mean you cannot view them elsewhere. If you try to access the old Office Online Calendar Sharing Web UI, you will be redirected to a help page. Private Published Calendars (Only invited users can subscribe to this calendar) can only be shared with users who have Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010, and to users that have permission to view your calendar. Public Published Calendars (Anyone can subscribe to this calendar) can be viewed by anyone as long as you share the address/location of your online calendar (Example of URL: webcal://calendars.office.microsoft.com/pubcalstorage/q83dq64z190127/my_sample_calendar.ics; guessing this URL would be extremely hard). You have many options to view/subscribe to public calendars, one option we suggest is Windows Live Calendar; however there are others options. You can subscribe to Public Calendars via Outlook; you can also subscribe to them using a third-party calendar sites that support the subscription to .ics files; there are also other email/calendar applications which allow you to subscribe to online .ics calendar files. Please Note:

We are aware that there are some problems with Windows Live Calendar not updating subscriptions in a timely manner or not at all. We are working with the Windows Live Team on this, and they are expecting a fix to be released in the next two weeks. Questions/Answers: So are you saying "things have already changed, even before the release of Office 2010"? I.E., from now on, the only way to view a published calendar is by logging on with a Windows Live ID?

- No, I am not saying that. There are many other calendar viewing options out there that don't involve signing into a Windows Live ID. As long as you find a calendar site that allows you to subscribe to a .ics file, you can view the calendar. Please note, the calendar will need to be published so everyone can see it; this doesn't mean everyone will see it, it just means when someone tries to access the .ics file of your calendar they will not need to authenticate. Questions: is there an update coming that will allow viewing from either windows live account or an iCals application (not Outlook)? - You can currently view your calendar using Windows Live Calendar or a any application that supports the subscription to an .ics file. More information can be found here: office.microsoft.com/.../HA103887591033.aspx Is there any security in the method you are suggesting?

- The only way to share your Private Published Calendar is from Outlook to Outlook. Public calendars can only be accessed if someone knows the address at which the .ics is stored. Example of Public Calendar URL: webcal://calendars.office.microsoft.com/pubcalstorage/q83dq64z190127/my_sample_calendar.ics Can someone change my calendar if I do publish it the way you suggest??

- No, no one can change your calendar but you. People who subscribe your calendar may only be allowed to view your calendar. Christian Miller

Microsoft Corporation