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BoxOfFrogs
Brass Contributor
Oct 15, 2022

Owners in a Microsoft 365 group cannot edit the calendar

We have an Office 365 Small business tenant.  There is a group that has been created, well call it "Accounting".  It has 7 members.  One of them, who is also an owner, told me if they try and move a ...
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BoxOfFrogs
Brass Contributor
Oct 15, 2022
I'm sorry, I should have been clear on that. Yes, it just showed up in Outlook. But all he can do is see it. You mean to say there is now way to add/change an event directly on the calendar? I am in the same group, the calendar showed up in my Outlook client, I can do everything directly on the calendar. Now, I am the tenant admin, and I did create the group. But both he and I are owners. I find it very odd that an owner can't just create a meeting or event directly on the calendar.

To that point, there are events on this calendar. I have never added any events myself, so one of the other owners/users must have done it. Are you saying they did it via email?
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VasilMichev
MVP
Oct 16, 2022
You can create events directly in the calendar, but that's not the correct way and requires permissions. Send a meeting request and include the group as participant instead.
Anyway, this doesn't address the original question, and an owner should indeed be allowed to add events directly, move them, etc. You can try demoting the user to regular member, then make him an owner anew, or even remove from the group first and add him back, hopefully this will "refresh" the permissions.
  • BoxOfFrogs's avatar
    BoxOfFrogs
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 16, 2022
    Thanks Vasil.

    Here are some new things I have discovered:

    I noticed that Accounting was not listed as a group in the users online Outlook.
    I removed the user from Accounting
    I created a new Group, Test Group. I added the same user as a member. Almost instantly the group showed up in the Online Outlook. I didn't do anything at this point with the Calendar.
    I then added the user back into Accounting as a member. Again, that group never showed up in Online Outlook.

    I'm not sure how this group originated and can't seem to see any differences in the settings between the two. I am the Global Admin for the tenant. I am also an Owner of both groups.

    My point is I think I need to fix this issue before I move on to calendars. How do you feel about this?

    • ADoolittle_Zume's avatar
      ADoolittle_Zume
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 21, 2022

      I have a very similar problem.

       

      I created a mail enabled security group to allow for use of the calendar with the group and none of the members or owners can see other members edits.

       

      Did you find an answer to this?

       

      BoxOfFrogs 

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        BoxOfFrogs
        Brass Contributor
        Oct 21, 2022

        ADoolittle_Zume well, sort of. Turns out that they're was a group, and a room with the same name. All the user had to do was add the room to his list. Then I opened the Room From Outlook calendar, went to properties and gave him edit rights. I never really did solve the problem of why it wasn't showing up as a group in Outlook for him. I'll probably visit that problem another day, just to learn how it works. But the room thing solved the immediate issue.

         

        Personally, I find the room, group thing in 365 exchange to be very confusing.

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