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
    2024-01-11T08:55:16+00:00

    Hi Colin,

    No, when I used the 'New Outlook', the duplicate was sent out as a new meeting (it was not a series, I have not tried with those), where I could change the date/time, however the title, participants (inc optional), teams link and text in body of invite remained the same. I've checked the invites I've duplicated with the 'Classic Outlook' and they are there, indeed as new invites, just like when I used to copy/paste.

    I hope this helps, I have not tried this with the web.

    Update: I have opened webmail and found that the 'duplicate' option for meetings is also available, and I have duplicated a meeting for several months (not a series, as the dates are not the same). It works wonders!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T20:13:59+00:00

    I dont use Outlook on the Web as my contacts and agenda items are all stored in one .pst file (which I back up everynight (automatically)) on my computer. When I do get meeting invites, yes, they go to my 'microsoft account' so they will appear in Outlook on the Web as well as the calendar in my PC outlook related to my Microsoft accont, but I was simply copying them to the calender related to this .pst file, and once the meeting was over I could delete the one in the my microsoft account (within the Outlook on my pc) which would then delete the calendar event Outlook on the web.

    Even when I copied meetings that I sent out (from MS Account to PC .pst Outlook agenda) no-one complained about receiving duplicate invites.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T17:16:39+00:00

    I just tried this using Outlook on the Web (I have not switched to the new desktop Outlook yet).
    The duplicate seems to result in duplicate invites and cancellations being sent to attendees, which isn't ideal.

    Did you have the same result?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T15:48:43+00:00

    I found out that in the 'New Outlook', you can duplicate the meeting and setup another time/date for the duplicate! yes!!

    I'm not a fan of the New Outlook yet, however I could open the New Outlook while using the old version, then I opened the calendar, et voilà! I hope this helps!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T03:56:32+00:00

    Glad to hear it!! Fingers crossed they don't "fix" this too ;)

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