outlook error 'copying meetings is not supported' when copying to PST

Anonymous
2023-10-17T15:54:37+00:00

UPDATE: this only happens with the beta channel release. the standard channel I have on another computer works fine. then another question is... what is the reason behind this change?

hi all, starting this afternoon (october 17) when I try to copy from O365 to a local PST a calendar invite with participants on it (regardless of whether I created or received it) I receive an error message 'copying meetings is not supported'.

the only annoying workaround is to open the occurrence, save it to the desktop, drag and drop it to the PST. not ideal.

until yesterday when drag-dropping the same calendar invite, I would receive a message asking if I want to copy the occurrence or the series, and *poof* done.

OS: win 11 22h2 all updates installed, OS build 22621.2428, experience pack 1000.22674.1000.0, already restarted even though I know it wouldn't solve the issue. nothing in the event viewer.

outlook: it's the company O365 account. calendar fully synced, Windows client, no new version (come to think of it, the 'new version' button disappeared too from the client). Spoke to a mail admin and to my understanding they haven't activated any strange setting today.

PST: tried to move the calendar invite to two different, I am the owner, they are on my pc, permissions are right, files are small so limit size has not been reached.

calendar events: only events (series or standard occurrences) with participants in it are affected. all events created by myself and for myself can be copied as usual.

I checked the release notes and I can't see anything related to this.

so my questions are ... is it a new behavior? can it be deactivated given how irritating it is? any workaround less time consuming than the one above?

thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T12:16:36+00:00
    • Open the Outlook app and click on Help in the upper right corner.
    • Choose Check for Updates from the drop-down menu.
    • Click on Advanced and change the Insider channel to the Current one.

    My windows desktop Outlook app does not have a help button in top right hand corner.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T12:14:39+00:00

    Because of nonsense like this, I find myself at least once a month considreing whether it is time to dump Microsoft, either as a provider of email and calendar services, or just dump it completely. Just having to re-do the ribbon about once a month when a new feature pops up and messes up my normal disply is almost enough by itself.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T12:11:35+00:00

    If that is the issue then turning this on or off should be a configuration choice for the tenant manager, not an arbitrary decision by microsoft.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-29T21:03:04+00:00

    I really think this should be fixed by MSFT rather than them just disabling it. Copying meeting invites is a very useful feature.

    I am tired of vendors making canceling features that have worked well for a long time because they think it is best for the masses.

    Even with the registry edits that haved suggested, it makes this software less valuable to me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-11T18:33:40+00:00

    We use the copy meeting feature to book conference rooms. It would be so very helpful to please have the copy meetings to calendars feature returned.

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