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Hi Microsoft team,
I'd like to know if there is a way to set Reminders for external invites in outlook because me and my team are receiving invites from other calendars and we miss the meetings because the reminders are not automatically set after we accept the external invitation.
Thank you in advance
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Has anyone figured out how to fix this? My entire organization is having the same issue. I keep missing crucial meetings, where teh invites are set up from non-Microsoft Outlook accounts. Please help!
Nicole,
Not yet it seems... it's frustrating, and I've been late for a half-dozen meetings as a result. A simple setting like "Default reminder on ALL calendar entries" would be nice? Or a rule we can create to have Outlook ADD a reminder when a meeting request from Google Meet comes in? This seems like a really small issue to fix...
I have missed a number of meetings because of this same issue, and it has been happening for a better part of the past year. Finally got frustrated, and look for a solution, only to find out that it's an ongoing issue that Microsoft still hasn't fixed. It is all external meeting invites, when it is not from another Outlook/Microsoft Account - this is primarily Google, but does extend to when I manually import an event using an ical file as well. I have to manually set a reminder notice, otherwise I usually miss these meetings.
Please prioritize this bug fix, as its negatively effecting mine, and my company's professionalism.
Not sure if it makes any difference, but I'm using a Mac, and using the desktop app. I'm sure this same issue is happening across Windows and in-browser platforms as well.
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To any/all MSFT personnel on here: this is not a BUG, but a VERY IMPORTANT FEATURE REQUEST. Please please please prioritize this, as it will provide a lot of real value for a lot of people who use Outlook.
The "default reminder" feature today only applies to invitations that you create yourself. It doesn't apply to invitations created by other people. Instead, those invitations will come with whatever notification, or none, that they set. You can override it yourself, but that has to be done manually, each and every time.
And sometimes we forget, and then we're late to / miss meetings. That's a real problem. And one that you can address with a pretty darn simple feature.
[ X ] Always set a reminder on incoming meeting invitations: [ 15 minutes ]
^^ A single check box, with a selection for the timing of the reminder. It should be a backend/account setting (not a local/client setting). If checked, then any invitation that comes in from another sender (regardless of whether they're in my organization or external) without a reminder set gets a reminder added as directed.
Seems pretty simple logic, but hugely valuable.