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Group Calendars - why would we use one?
Hi all. I am trying to get my head around the Calendar part of Groups and understand why a team or department would choose to use it. As far as I can see there is no Skype integration, and as 90% of ...
Thanks for all your replies, I think you have confirmed my thinking that it is really just an alternative to a SharePoint calendar.
Brent Ellis - that is interesting. Is it because the group members have notifcations turned on? If they turn off notifications presumably they won't get an invite.
No, it appears they all get an invite regardless of notification setting. It goes out to all members of the Group (whether subscribed or not), as a meeting request (not an appointment), sent TO the group distro list AND the user that created the meeting entry.
Will have to do some more testing.
Will have to do some more testing.
- FYI, UserVoice entry to fix this calendar behavior: https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/286611-office-365-groups/suggestions/9532698-allow-calendar-appointments-to-be-created-without
Need community support to get this elevated.- Update 2: Maybe wasnt giving everything enough time to propogate to test before, but here is exactly how it works:
User A adds a calendar entry to Group X
If User B is subscribed to receive notifications for that Group X, they will receive a MEETING INVITATION in their personal inbox, as well as a NOTIFICATION in the Group inbox that says a new entry has been created (with the option to add it to their personal calendar).
If User C is NOT subscribed to receive notifications, the will receive a NOTIFICATION only in the Group inbox that says a new entry has been created (with the option to add it to their personal calendar).Thank you Brent Ellis for spending the time to test that behaviour!
What happens if User B ignores the invitation? Will the final result be exactly the same as for User C (which has not received at all the invitation) ?
