Outlook.com Calendar birthdays sync issue

Anonymous
2014-05-08T18:55:35+00:00

Cannot sync birthdays from people to calendar... Help!!        

I have manually added birthdays to certain people in my Microsoft account ('@outlook.com')...

 these birthdays are supposed to automatically sync to my Calendar once added to a contact...

t's been 48 hrs and the birthdays are not updating to the calendar...

I have also tried to delete the birthday calendar and add it back...

I have tried to re-edit the relevant contact to see if it will update to calendar, but that also doesn't work...

I have Nokia Windows Phone 8 and I am using the Microsoft account with the phone...

The contacts are syncing fine with the phone, but the birthday calendar can't update until this problem is resolved...

I desperately want to get all my contacts, birthdays, calendar entries synced

I have also tried to add a birthday in calendar for a contact name I already have in people this then  creates a duplicate contact I then go to manage, clean up contacts this is then fine until about 24 hours later you then have duplicate birthdays

Please help!!!

Original title: outlook.com birthdays

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-01-07T14:55:48+00:00

    Do they pay you to give such a response that does not even come close to addressing the issue here in the string of post.  Outlook.com people birthdays DO NOT sync with Outlook.com birthday calendar. PERIDOD, NO  EXCEPTION.  iT JUST DOESN'T WORK.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-11-06T19:49:33+00:00

    Hi,

    Regarding to your concern for the number three scenario, kindly perform these diagnostic procedures in order for us to narrow down your concern. This will help us to determine whether your concern is related to a browser or machine issue.

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    Let us know how it goes.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-28T11:42:39+00:00

    Ok. Outlook.com got upgraded to Outlook Mail and I want to give it a try.

    So I am getting stuck in the same problem. Birthday calendar does not work as promised and expected.

    First my test setup:

    1. PC connected to outlook mail with Full Outlook Client
    2. Same PC uses also Windows 10 1607 People App
    3. Windows Phone Handy with Win10 mobile 1607

    Now my testing scenarios:

    1. Adding a new contact with Full Outlook Client -> Birthday appears in calendar and on the web
    2. Modifying this contact within the full outlook client -> all ok

    3) Modifying this contact within the people app on PC or Mobile -> Full outlook client get the correct birthday, but web people app and the birthday calendar will not changed

    This behavior is very strange, because the changed birthday have to be updated in the cloud. Otherwise my full outlook installation would not change to the correct date. But why does the web view not update and also the calendar?

    Microsoft can bring 3d to live and have such complex things working seamlessly together. But MS is not able to get the simplest things to work correctly... It's a shame.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-25T07:37:52+00:00

    there is no "birthday calendar" there is no "refresh now".

    what do I do?

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-16T08:02:01+00:00

    I am running into way too many problems with the whole Microsoft eco-system.  From apps, calendars, billing, and many more.

    I just realized I missed my sisters birthday because I put trust into the calendar and contacts.  I was wrong and I thought it is just as simple as adding a birthday into a contact and it appears in the calendar.  (It worked flawlessly in iCloud)

    Here there doesn't seem to be a solution and no one appears to be working towards fixing this.

    To be honest, I think I am getting fed up like many other people with these simple problems.  Please correct us if we are mis-understanding this issue and it is in fact harder than sending a satellite into orbit.

    I was a fan of Microsoft, but slowly they have these issues that are pushing me away.  Traded the Windows Phone for iPhone.  Surface and Cloud services appear to be the next victims, as things just don't work well on this platform.  Looks like I am taking the same path as these other individuals who are just losing trust in Microsoft.

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