Forced to use New Outlook wiped my entire calendar, can I get it back? Can the tray icon clock calendar be connected to New Outlook?

I have tried several times to get the new Outlook working properly so that I can actually use it. The biggest problem is the calendar which is now gone! After reading online about this in MANY pages, it seems that everyone is having the same experience as I am having. With the final transition in December of this year, what the heck is Microsoft going to do to rectify this situation? I have been using this piece of software since its inception as my PIM and would lose ALL of the calendar entries that I have put in over decades of use.

Upset,

                  Joe Smith

UPDATE: I reached out to the Microsoft team again today to seek an update around when IMAP functionality might become available in new Outlook and was advised it has been deployed, however there is a catch. IMAP can only be used to synchronise email accounts in new Outlook, it does not work with the Calendar or Contacts functions. To synchronise Calendar and Contact data across devices in new Outlook you much have a Microsoft Exchange (outlook.com) native account or corporate google space account.

If like me you accessed old Calendar using an IMAP account, Gmail or Microsoft account etc. calendar entries will still not synchronise with new Outlook, and the impression I get is there are no plans to add it at this stage as Microsoft want to keep thing in house at it were. The suggested solution put forward by Microsoft is to create an exchange (outlook.com) email account and add this to new Outlook, this account will synchronise Calendar and Contacts data across devices however you will need to migrate Calendar and Contact data from your old email account (that used in conjunction with the old Calendar and Contact apps).

If your Calendar and Contact entries are linked to your Microsoft Account (used to log into windows), there is a solution that will allow this data to synch with new Outlook. To take advantage of this option,

1. Visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/office/add-or-remove-an-email-alias-in-outlook-com-459b1989-356d-40fa-a689-8f285b13f1f2
2. Scroll down to 'Add an Email address', execute the 'Add an existing email address as an alias' option.
3. Add an alias email address with the outlook.com domain i.e. ******@outlook.com
4. Add this account in the new Outlook app (the password will be the same as your Microsoft Account)

Note: It may take some time for the new alias to replicate through the Microsoft system.

I will attempt the suggestions you've provided, but I'd like you to report that I am extremely **ssed-off that MS just decided to replace a long-time and trusty tool (Outlook Calendar) with new Outlook without providing for my extensively-populated Outlook Calendar to be ported over to New Outlook. Luckily I was home and near the phone when my Doctor called for as previously-scheduled phone appt that I had completely forgotten about because I cannot access my posted calendar. What an oversite and disservice to MS; long-term customers.

I was facing the same issue.

But you can recover all the old calendar entries by following the below steps:

1. Open the New Outlook.
2. In the outlook, go to the Calendar.
3. Go to Help tab, given above the Calendar Format section.
4. Click Go to Classic Outlook.
5. It will show a dialog box, you may click Okay.
6. After everything gets closed automatically, again open the Old Calendar. And you may get back your old data.

I hope that this will be helpful.

With regards.

well said!