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
    2014-12-02T09:18:18+00:00

    Did Microsoft ever get anywhere with this problem? I'm getting the same issue - birthday clearly visible on a contact, but does not appear on calendar either online or on the phone. And yes I do have birthday calendar switched on! Other birthdays appear!

    As you said, it's no good if it doesn't work reliably, and it ought to be dead easy. All it needs is a program that would trawl through your contacts, pick up their birthdays, and put the dates on your calendar...ought to be a doddle.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-12-02T13:38:42+00:00

    I have the same problem! No birthdays are showing for May, September or December and there should be at least six!

    Microsoft don't seem to in any hurry to resolve this issue or recognise it as a serious issue.

    Can anyone advise if they have managed to fix this problem?

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-12-02T14:06:19+00:00

    We are all waiting.  It does not seem to be a priority.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-12-02T23:04:46+00:00

    Same here. Totally annoying!

    I have a contact which I cannot get the birthday show up in the calendar. It seems like if I add additional information to that contact and/or link it to the skype profile, the birthday of this contact in my calender disappers.

    I have already tried to delete and recreate this contact again and again. First, the birthday appears, when I complete the profile, the birthday disappears from the calendar!

    Please fix this. This bug is su fu** crazy....

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-12-03T08:58:25+00:00

    Come on Microsoft, play the game! You've suckered us all into your products, at least give us some hope that a resolution is in sight!

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