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Antony Taylor's avatar
Antony Taylor
Iron Contributor
Jan 27, 2017

regarding the state of shared calendars on mobile devices

Hi All,   Did a bit of searching and I can't find anything on any advancements in regards to shared calendars and getting them added to mobile devices easily through outlook app or default mail app...
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Brent Ellis's avatar
Brent Ellis
Silver Contributor
Jan 27, 2017
+1 on this, probably a side effect of focusing on the "new shiny tools", instead of addressing some very basic needs :(
Rolf Ask Clausen's avatar
Rolf Ask Clausen
Copper Contributor
Feb 21, 2017

I really cant beleive that sharing calenders on an Android device can be a problem in 2017. But it is. Its so 1990'ies.

The scenario is as follows. Because of the complicated proces using exchange rules to filter unsercure old Android devices (oh and MS could easily fix that provinding sets of filters), organizations are forced to use a "no android" rule. That will effectively mean that people using android platforms and perhaps wanting to aggregate multiple calendars are now forced to use Outlook App** which doesent integrate with other calendars on the device. 

 

This means you get your planning spread out on multiple apps. 

**) The Outlook App has recently detoriated - "forgets calendar data" when offline. 

In effect the combination of stick-to-Exchange, forced no to Android native apps even on safe devices and off a less-than-good Outlook App cost collaboration/time/tires and spells a classic failed vendor lock in. It has no future. 

Please fix this. 

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