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O365AdminGuy
Dec 07, 2021Copper Contributor
Sending reoccurring calendar invite to members added to a distro group
I have what I can't imagine being a unique situation that I am trying to solve - MS O365 support hasn't been able to come up with a solution. We have an org 'master calendar' with several reoccur...
surajbudhani
Microsoft
Dec 08, 2021I will recommend you to use O365 Groups instead of distribution groups.
But even with O365 groups there is a limitation. Say a recurring invite is sent and the user is present in the group so a copy of this message will be sent to the user and the user can accept the invite to see it in their calendar.
However, if the invite is sent today and a user joins the group tomorrow in that case the new user will only be able to see the invite in Group Calendar and not in their personal calendar.
Apart from Unified Groups there is no practical solution for this at the moment.
But even with O365 groups there is a limitation. Say a recurring invite is sent and the user is present in the group so a copy of this message will be sent to the user and the user can accept the invite to see it in their calendar.
However, if the invite is sent today and a user joins the group tomorrow in that case the new user will only be able to see the invite in Group Calendar and not in their personal calendar.
Apart from Unified Groups there is no practical solution for this at the moment.