Send Availability feature removed from Outlook for iOS?

Anonymous
2024-05-02T07:44:59+00:00

I have been making regular use of the "Send Availability" feature in the Outlook app for iOS. Recently though, I can't seem to access this. Previously, there was a 'Calendar' button above the keyboard when replying to emails, which allowed easy selection of free timeslots in my Calendar. When I tap the Calendar button now, it just tries to create an event.

Hoping that I am missing something, rather than the feature having been removed?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-21T14:47:21+00:00

    I had a problem with this feature as well and I connected with a Microsoft person who explained that Send Availability still exists, but it has moved. From the mobile Outlook app, you start a reply to a message and instead of clicking on the Calendar Icon (just above the keyboard) you click on the icon of the Person with a check mark, and you're taken to a new page with the header Send Availability, and from there, you click on the dates and times that work for you, then click the Check Mark in the upper right corner. Now you've created the email that you can customize and send to your recipient(s).

    Hope this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-22T22:45:07+00:00

    This is awesome!!!! Has anyone had any success finding it in the online version or the desktop app?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-23T16:23:42+00:00

    Unfortunately it's not there, but see above for Findtime / Polling as alternative/workaround..

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-30T16:39:41+00:00

    /agree this was a hugely valuable feature (and inviting someone to meeting is NOT an equivalent replacement).

    It was hugely annoying that this feature was not in the desktop client... and now it's doubly sad to lose it from the mobile clients. Disappointing.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-31T13:38:36+00:00

    Read the posts above….it’s not gone, just a different icon. The MS support rep that said it was deprecated was just clueless.

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