BlackBerry android devices or any Google device can't connect to outlook server

Welp, giving up on the outlook.com account for now on BB Hub. Still keeping the app for Google and Yahoo e-mails for which the app works beautifully. If/when Blackberry Hub is finally updated to support modern authentication to enable full compatibility with outlook.com, i'm hoping someone posts in this thread (which has been immensely helpful and informative) so I may re-activate. The IMAP hack was a good one while it lasted, but the authentication errors are too annoying at this point to carry that method forward.

"I was simply pointing out that installing an additional app is really a minor inconvenience, which is mitigated by continued use of BB Hub."

I am well aware. I wrote this in this very forum back in January -

"No, I only have two Microsoft accounts that I am syncing Contacts and Calendars, and I'm doing that with the Outlook app. That makes Contacts and Calendars available to any Contact or Calendar app and keeps everything synced. I turned off notifications and I don't bother with the Outlook app except to keep Contacts and Calendars in sync on my phone for those 2 accounts."

I'd say most people in here know that already. I'm just hanging around to see if there is ever a real fix.

Not criticizing your solution (and I thank you for the information) but this is starting to feel like a clown move by Microsoft. Follow my reasoning for a second, if I understood correctly Microsoft is basically forcing everyone who wants to use hotmail with a third party app to install Outlook for Android in order to have a workaround. Sure, you can "turned off notifications and don't bother with the Outlook app" but why should you be forced to download an app you don't want? Keep in mind that every download on the PlayStore is accounted for and at this rate Outlook, which is now ranked 7th in the Productivity Apps ranking, will climb a few steps without people actually using it. Not to mention that although you can turn off notifications the thing is still running in the background, wasting processing power, memmory and battery.

Personally I started moving away from hotmail when, in another clown move, Microsoft capped storage to 15Gb, of which only 5Gb are actually useable. My hotmail address right now serves just to recieve a handfull of newsletters I didn't bother to update, everything I need on a daily basis has already been moved to GMail so for now I will simply remove it from BB Hub and check it every few days on the desktop, along with this thread. I think everyone in the same situation should do the same and start boycotting Microsoft. And if you do have to use this workaround, rate the Outlook App with one star and review it with a "was forced to donload this in order to solve syncing issues with a third party app". We are the clients, they work for us, not the other way around. If Microsoft can't deliver a useable product the competition certainly can.

"I have to say, I envy your life, as such details as to having to install an app on a phone is an issue for you. There are many larger issues in the world/life, kudos to you for not having exposure to those."

What are you talking about? I installed an app to work around this a long time ago (Edison Mail), and enabled Outlook for synching of Calendar and Contacts and I'm doing just fine. I'm just pointing out that it is still broken, and monitoring this forum in case a real fix actually comes along. This forum is specifically about this problem. If you are not interested and want to focus on all your other problems, go right ahead.

This worked...how you figured this out who knows but good on you!

I found a workaround, download outlook app and login it . Go to outlook's settings and tap mail account and you can see "sync calendar", turn on it .

Outlook calendar will be added to phone's calendar .

My phone is Huawei mate 60 pro, it's working fine on my phone.

Hope this workaround can help you.