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consultant1command
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Nov 20, 2023

Outlook Web Access OWA Light Interface: "Bad Request" Error Message when clicking on Meeting Invites

Hello! I have been getting an error message "Bad Request" whenever I click on a meeting invitation in my Inbox within the Outlook Web Access / OWA Light Interface https://outlook.office.com/owa/?l...
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langersit
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Nov 30, 2023

Hello all,

An update from today: My support rep now claims that the following are unsupported features of OWA light?

 

Kindly this [viewing / replying to a calendar invitation / meeting request email] is a known limitation of OWA Light. According to the official documentation, OWA Light does not support the following features:
  • Opening or responding to meeting requests
  • Viewing shared calendars
  • Viewing the availability of attendees
  • Setting or changing calendar permissions
  • Creating or managing calendar groups

I am still trying to engage with the support rep since this as of a week and a half ago I was able to view calendar invitations using the OWA light interface (https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?layout=light) whether they be from a MS Outlook / MS 365 / Hotmail.com  user or from a different system / service such as Yahoo!, AOL, Gmail / Google Apps, iCloud, etc.  I believe this is a bug or a regression in a recent deployment of Microsoft 365 / OWA Light / Exchange Online.

Does anyone here know where in the documentation it is indicated that OWA light does not support viewing or replying to calendar invitations or meeting requests?  

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UsysAdmin
Copper Contributor
Nov 30, 2023

langersit 

Thanks for tackling the Microsoft support! I too believe it's more likely a regression or they haven't announced the deprecation! 

According to the documentation that I found here: 
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/manage-your-calendar-in-the-light-version-of-outlook-0d05c420-3dce-42aa-a94d-e8e9d038abdb
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/compare-the-standard-and-light-versions-of-outlook-63f3e29e-f076-40f7-a373-6d0cc24550a0

None of these appear to support the claim that OWA light does not support:

"Opening or responding to meeting requests"

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