How to change subscribed calendar refresh interval

Anonymous
2012-10-12T18:03:17+00:00

how do i change the refresh interval on the Hotmail/outlook.com side of things?  I know the calendar is publishing once per hour, but my outloook.com view is not that current.

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-28T13:55:08+00:00

    As what my colleague mentioned, Microsoft isn't responsible for the accuracy or content of any third-party calendars. We recommend you review the terms and conditions before importing or subscribing to any third-party calendars

    Please. It's not due to the calendar source, we are dozens to have the same problem with standard-compliant .ics online feeds. Feeds that do update real-time, as a simple download can confirm when I simply open my .ics file in direct download.

    On the other end, the cloud-based version keeps a copy of my subscribed calendar, as is proven by un-subscribing and subscribing again to it. As it doesn't refresh, I can deduce it is stored on live.com servers somehow, even though I am not informed of it, and even as it implies a "rebound" from the app that needs to "sync" (I think the term is misunderstood here, FYI sync implies information is expected to be up-to-date) with live.com, which in turn is expected to "sync" with the subscribed calendar.

    Why on earth does the calendar APP not directly connect to the external calendars feeds ?

    As (many?) others here I replied to your private messages with url to data feeds, even though the problem is clear enough for me to detect THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW and a breach to personal privacy (by storing my data stealthily) even with not one line of code involved on my part.

    My question then rephrases itself : WHEN are you planning on taking user input seriously, and WHEN is this going to be fixed ?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-26T20:45:15+00:00

    Hi PeterKaras,

    I'm sorry to hear that you are still having the same problem.

    As what my colleague mentioned, Microsoft isn't responsible for the accuracy or content of any third-party calendars. We recommend you review the terms and conditions before importing or subscribing to any third-party calendars.

    However, for us to investigate deeper on your issue, please provide us the following information below on the private message area.

    • Account in question
    • Calendar name in question
    • Sample events/entries that were not synching on your Calendar
    • Calendar URL for your subscribed Calendar

    Note: You need to click the notification that states You have a private reply to this message. Click here to read it on our secure private message section or by clicking the Private Messages tab.

    We look forward to hearing from you.

    Thanks!

    I'm just curious, if you go through this thread, and the dozens of others on this same topic, has anyone ever had their problem solved by going through this exercise?  I know I didn't, but there must be someone out there to help convince us that going down this road is not a colossal waste of time....

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-26T18:29:51+00:00

    Hi PeterKaras,

    I'm sorry to hear that you are still having the same problem.

    As what my colleague mentioned, Microsoft isn't responsible for the accuracy or content of any third-party calendars. We recommend you review the terms and conditions before importing or subscribing to any third-party calendars.

    However, for us to investigate deeper on your issue, please provide us the following information below on the private message area.

    • Account in question
    • Calendar name in question
    • Sample events/entries that were not synching on your Calendar
    • Calendar URL for your subscribed Calendar

    Note: You need to click the notification that states You have a private reply to this message. Click here to read it on our secure private message section or by clicking the Private Messages tab.

    We look forward to hearing from you.

    Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-26T18:22:25+00:00

    Hi twitch2spark,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community!

    First off, we would like to apologize for our delayed response.

    Thank you for the information you have provided us and let me assist you with your concern.

    For us to investigate deeper on your issue, please provide us the following information below on the private message area.

    • Account in question
    • Calendar name in question
    • Sample events/entries that were not synching on your Calendar
    • Calendar URL for your subscribed Calendar

    Note: You need to click the notification that states You have a private reply to this message. Click here to read it on our secure private message section or by clicking the Private Messages tab.

    Thanks!

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-26T09:58:32+00:00

    Didn't help at all.

    I removed and added again subscribed calendar at May 20.

    It did not refresh since then.

    IT IS BROKEN

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