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MicrosoftAccept & Do Not Send a Response
What's the status of this change to allow for tracking the response if the user selects "Accept Do Not Send a response"?
Thank you - Jack
Yes to both questions! We were just talking about this the other day and how it was frustrating when the tracking says None to the response even though the person accepted the invite but didnt send a response. Julia Foran
- Julia Foran
Hi everybody, I am re-posting the update I provided in March:
Summary of status/feature:
When you respond to a meeting using Outlook the Web, iOS, Android, or Mac, the organizer's tracking list will be updated even if you choose not to send an email response.
This is not yet supported for Outlook for Windows -- we are updating the way the Windows client syncs and edits calendars, and the improvement will come as part of that release. We don't yet have a timeline for that.
Notes:
- This works regardless of whether you and the organizer are in the same organization, as long as you are both hosted in Office 365.
- If you respond to the meeting (or change your existing response) without sending a response using Outlook on the Windows, the organizer's tracking list will not be updated. The Outlook client on Windows needs to make a change to support this feature, but we do not yet have an ETA.
- This only applies to meetings where responses were requested. If the organizer chose NOT to request responses, their tracking list will not be updated regardless of which client you use to respond.
Hello Julia Foran
Has this feature been implemented for Mac? Today I learned after I was asked to please respond to a meeting invite, that the "Accept but do not send a response" option does not actually show me accepting the meeting. If I am using Mac OS, and the organizer is using Windows, will it update the status if I choose not to send a response? (our organization is hosted in Office 365)
- Julia Foran
Yes, if you reply & do not send a response using Mac, the organizer using Windows will see your response in their tracking list. The Windows limitation is only if the attendee who is responding without sending a response is using Windows to respond.
Hope that helps.
