Calendar subscription does not refresh

Microsoft,

So basically what you are saying is that From May until October (5 months) you can't (more like refuse) to address a very serious calendar sync problem which comes down to a simple refresh issue. If this issue actually given to ONE programmer to fix it would be done in a day. Its simple "Increase the refresh rate". Once hour would be fine. The truth is Microsoft doesn't want to fix it because you want everyone on Outlook. Period!

I'm so pissed! I bought a windows 8 computer and a windows 8 phone but I in order for me to do my job (to afford this MS stuff) I need to be organised and sorry  I can't use Outlook because of my project/task management does not integrate with it. Guess I should have really did my home work.  

This should have been fixed a long time ago. How do you expect to gain market share if the mobile phone experience is hindered by something so simple? I was Android user who decided to go with a with a Windows phone. I'm already missing several apps but to not be able sync my calendar is just is excusable for a company like Microsoft.

In case someone here is looking to sync your Google calendar with your Windows 8 Phone calendar. I just spent .99 to make it happen. Get this app and follow the instructions then under settings -> email accounts long tap the gmail account with calendar you want and click sync. Done! 

gSharedCalendarEnabler http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/gsharedcalendarenabler/62a89980-0ce0-4e33-8c31-29708d160362

Haven't seen if it automatically  updates going forward but at least you can force a refresh by long tapping and sync the gmail account on your phone.

Microsoft,

So basically what you are saying is that From May until October (5 months) you can't (more like refuse) to address a very serious calendar sync problem which comes down to a simple refresh issue. If this issue actually given to ONE programmer to fix it would be done in a day. Its simple "Increase the refresh rate". Once hour would be fine. The truth is Microsoft doesn't want to fix it because you want everyone on Outlook. Period!

I'm so pissed! I bought a windows 8 computer and a windows 8 phone but I in order for me to do my job (to afford this MS stuff) I need to be organised and sorry  I can't use Outlook because of my project/task management does not integrate with it. Guess I should have really did my home work.  

This should have been fixed a long time ago. How do you expect to gain market share if the mobile phone experience is hindered by something so simple? I was Android user who decided to go with a with a Windows phone. I'm already missing several apps but to not be able sync my calendar is just is excusable for a company like Microsoft.

Hi Andy,

We apppreciate your feedback.

As what my colleagues said, we would like to inform you that this is a known issue.  We are still actively resolving the matter. Rest assured that this issue will be rectified, but there is no timeframe as to when it will be resolved. Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated.

However, you can post directly your comments and suggestions to our product team by going to our Feedback page.

Let us know if you have further questions.

Thank you.

Just to let you know I am having similar issues. I subscribe to a number of google calendars as well as a tripit calendar.  Right now the last refresh time for these "external" calendars is 1.5-2 days ago.  The refresh time for calendars "internal" to MS Live (such as "birthdays") is excellent.  

Possibly useful info:  I subscribe to the same calendars on Outlook 2010 installed on various Windows 7 and 8 computers (Those outlook installations also connect directly to my MS exchange account) and those refresh very quickly (minutes, it would seem).  So clearly the servers of these external calendars *are* making the information available quickly.  It seems MS needs to teach MS live to do the same thing they have already taught Outlook 2010 to do correctly.

BTW, The only reason I also subscribe to all of these on MS live (Skydrive, Outlook.com or whatever I should call it) is so I can see them on windows phone 8.  Although the phone also connects directly to my exchange server, it seems unable to show the external calendars I view within my exchange-connected Outlook 2010.   Curiously, the phone seems to know about (just) one of them (the Tripit).  But toggling the switch on WP8 Calendar settings to "on" does not cause any of my tripit events to show in the calendar.  On the other hand, because I also import my tripit into my skydrive calendar, there is a second tripit listing on my WP8 calendar settings, this one marked "Hotmail".  Toggling that switch does cause tiipit calendar items to appear on the phone.  It's just that the sync process has huge delays.

If you can speed up the sync of external calendars on Skydrive I would be happy.  I include the other info just in case it helps you troubleshoot.

Hi TommyM\_995,

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Thanks!