Outlook calendar 'changes' appointment into a meeting after editing.

Fred, thanks for your comment. I do not have problem using my Outlook.com account when I close Outlook Desktop App on my computer --- Appointments do not change to Meetings when they are created (or edited) with Outlook for Web or Apple's calendar app on my iPhone.  I have problem when I open Outlook Desktop App on my computer --- when Outlook Desktop App is open, Appointments are converted into Meetings if they are edited using Outlook for Web or Apple's calendar app on my iPhone. Please report your comments on Microsoft Feedback Page - the more Feedback will help  Microsoft Team to fix: https://outlook.uservoice.com/

The problem I described above occurs between Outlook 2016 and Outlook.com (Calendar). Fred insists it is obvious that either the IOS Calendar app or Outlook.com is corrupting the appointment -- I have narrowed it down in my case to corruption occurring between Outlook 2016 and Outlook.com without any IOS device - I don't own one.

Why is it that people are so stubborn in pointing in a wrong direction?

It is definately NOT an Outlook (or Office) 2016 PC application problem! I am still on Office 2010 and having the same issue! 

It is definately an IOS or Microsoft Exchange (outlook.com) problem! When I move an appointment on my iPhone or iPad calendar I immediately(!) get a meeting request in my mailbox (on that same iPhone or iPad). The only Microsoft thing involved in this process is outlook.com (which runs Exchange to my knowledge). No Office, no outlook, no whatever PC matter! It is obvious that either the IOS calendar app or outlook.com corrupts the appointment.

An interesting question is what has happened on 20-4 when apparently the problem started. I cannot remember getting an IOS update then. Which leaves as a the main suspect...

Regards,

Fred

This problem has nothing to do with IoS or Android. To make sure, I turned off my phone so no apps would be involved. On my PC I logged into my Outlook account on Edge, and then opened Outlook 2016 in Windows 10 and created a new Appointment for about an hour from now. It shows correctly on Outlook 2016, but as soon as the appointment popped up online in Outlook Calendar, after less than a second it was converted into a Meeting where, as has been mentioned in previous posts, as Organizer I invited myself.

This a BIG BUG!!

I only hope Microsoft will eventually be able to recreate my calendar correctly, because there are a whole bunch of past appointments that are now meetings and cannot be edited.

Thanks RickShaw81 ... I'm testing every which way to create & edit. It is a massive bug and so annoying. Watch this space for a solution and please pass on any help to us here.

I shutdown my computer to test how Outlook.com would respond when I edited an Appointment using my Apple's Calendar App on my iPhone.  Outlook.com converted the Appointment to a Meeting when I saved the edit.  This point towards problem being Outlook.com, not Outlook Desktop App on computer. Below is link to instructions for re-installing Outlook if you want to give it a try. Remember to post results to this thread if you re-install Outlook Desktop App.

REINSTALLING OUTLOOK

https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/fixes-or-workarounds-for-recent-issues-on-outlook-com-8c95d913-d96b-4065-9171-e1fa44b03ff5?ui=en-US&rs=en-GB&ad=GB

Thanks MG for the links and this test result. I get similar and might extract my Outlook.com account from Outlook 2016 PC app first and try that. If that doesn't work, I'll delete and re-install the Outlook 2016 PC app.

Interestingly there doesn't seem to be a problem with creating and editing in the Windows 10 Calendar app. More evidence that it's an Office Outlook 2016 problem.