Family Calendar Missing

That's quite disappointing to hear. First, I couldn't use our family calendar in Outlook (desktop client). Now I can't use it in either the desktop client or Mail/Calendar for Win 10. Also, the events are no longer added to the calendar in the system tray. This is a huge step backwards. I might as well use a third-party web service because there is now zero integration of the family calendar into Win10 or desktop clients.

Heres the message i got from msft support.  This was a deliberate change and broke functionality on iphone and even the Outlook client!  I understand they are trying to make this better, but took a big step back instead!  No advance notice either!!

their reply:

We received an update from our engineers, and they mentioned that they have made a change to the functionality and access of the Family Group Calendar in Outlook.com. 

The change added the ability for the calendar to send invites and be available as part of an Outlook group that also includes a family mailbox and a family email address you can use to send email to your family members as a distribution list. The calendar is fully supported in Outlook.com and the Outlook mobile app.

Unfortunately, the change also removed some functionality that allowed the calendar to be viewed as a shared calendar in other applications like the Windows 10 Mail app and the Outlook desktop app, as well as some third party apps. None of the events or information was lost in the move to the new calendar. The Family group calendar now appears in the Outlook.com groups’ area on the left navigation in Outlook.com and in the groups area of the Outlook mobile app. It is also added to your favorites automatically.

To view the new calendar, go to Outlook.comon the web and you will find it in the left navigation of the calendar area as “Your family” in the groups section. On the other hand, you can download the Outlook mobile app for iOS or Android, where it is located with mailboxes and folders in the groups sections of your Microsoft account. 

Note: As part of the move to the new calendar, your calendar may have been deselected. Please check your calendar left navigation and select it if it was turned off to make sure you could see your events.

We are also actively investigating the best way to expose the calendar to a wider range of Outlook applications and other apps. For more details regarding the change, and to see how to use the calendar, please see this Support Article:

Use shared family calendars in Outlook.com: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-shared-family-calendars-in-outlook-com-7d21512a-eac5-4597-816b-6bf5ff8554ed

We are all in for big improvements that will be helpful to all or for the majority of our customers. If you’d like to see a feature in Outlook.com, we recommend that you post a feedback to our Product Group at this link: https://outlook.uservoice.com/.

I raised a help with request with the outlook.com team and they told me vote for the issue here

https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/601444

I had to scroll to find this specific item

https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/601444-the-new-outlook-com/suggestions/41155759-family-calendar-iphone

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I raised a help with request with the outlook.com team and they told me vote for the issue here

https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/601444

I had to scroll to find this specific item

https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/601444-the-new-outlook-com/suggestions/41155759-family-calendar-iphone

We have the same problem. The fact that the new group calendar does not show up in other apps than the outlook app and web version makes it useless to us. Many android and iOS apps that provide a "sync with my calendar" feature, can only sync with calendars that are added to the built in calendar app. This means we can no longer sync the school and sports clubs calendars. 

Floris (the Netherlands)

 

We do not even see it in the outlook app on Android. Only in a browser.

Why have Microsoft made something that worked fine useless?