ICS Meeting invite is added to Outlook App on Mac, but no acceptance options given to User

Hi Tech Folks, Mac Users receive .ics calendar invites via email from other users using Outlook. When they right-click and open the .ics file via Outlook App, it opens and can be added to their...

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Nikhita1102

Copper Contributor

Aug 13, 2021

Ali Fadavinia Hey Ali,

I have been stressing over the same behavior for the last couple of days. Here's what I found:

OWA/ Outlook:
Option to RSVP for the recipient but no response goes back to the sender.
The event gets added in the Calendar
Outlook for Mac:
No option to RSVP, no response goes back to the sender.
The event gets added in the Calendar

From the testing I did, this is the default behavior at this point, with .ics files. Hopefully, this functionality becomes available soon.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_outlook-mso_windows8-mso_2010/outlook-2010-meeting-organizer-not-receiving/8d92e568-9555-4482-b2d0-3435aff60afc
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/outlook-365-for-mac-does-not-process-ics-as/fa7eea30-da2d-47c2-aab4-932f210a39a9

Ali Fadavinia

Iron Contributor

Aug 18, 2021

Hi Nikhita,

That is unfortunate which it is the default for now.

Agree, look forward to see this functionality soon...

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