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

Anonymous
2018-04-22T14:28:40+00:00

Outlook Calendar in MS Office Professional Plus 2016 (version 1803). Hello, this problem has just started (Friday 20/4) ... If I click and drag an appointment (diary entry) to move it on iPhone in iOS Mail app, it turns the appointment into a meeting and wants to send attendees an email. I'm the only attendee as I created what is basically a diary entry (appointment). So I get notifications that a 'meeting' has changed AND I get an email. It's crazy. It's all ok when I use the Office Outlook app on PC so it could be an issue with iOS??? It syncs all the appointments back to Outlook as meetings so I have to clear notifications and emails on PC and iPhone. Please help me to fix this as it's very annoying. Thank you very much....

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-01T07:06:20+00:00

    AJ, please report result if you reinstall Outlook on your computer. It will be very helpful to me and other users to know whether re-installing Outlook eliminates the problem of Appointments being converted into Meetings. Thanks.

    Will do MG. I uninstalled my outlook.com account from Exchange that feeds into Outlook 2016 and reinstalled it. No change. I'll be uninstalling and reinstalling MS Office on Friday to test that and will update this thread. If that doesn't work I have access to Office 365 which, as I understand, seems to work fine with other apps, platforms and devices.

    Anyone else have any other ideas we could try? It does seems to be an issue that MS should be working to solve??

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T20:23:35+00:00

    AJ, please report result if you reinstall Outlook on your computer. It will be very helpful to me and other users to know whether re-installing Outlook eliminates the problem of Appointments being converted into Meetings. Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T20:20:58+00:00

    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/

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T20:16:49+00:00

    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.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T19:01:36+00:00

    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

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