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Hello Eric,
RSVPing to the event does not add it to your calendar. You will need to click on "Add to calendar" just below the banner image on this page if you want it added to your personal calendar.
Thanks,
Meenah
Microsoft 365 Community Manager
Yes that's unfortunate. Obviously it should, that's how we expect these things to work in 2023. Also the "add to calendar" button was not displayed clearly so I did not see that. It should be at least near the RSVP if we're relying on 2004 UX strategies. Also that downloads an ics file, again it's not 2004, we don't need to download ics files anymore, just integrate MS with Outlook, sheesh. One day MS will consider listening to a designer, but not today.
- I, for one, would not want it added to my Outlook calendar because I use Google Calendar. I saw and used the "Add to calendar" link for the latter since, you know, it's literally right there on the page.
- I think most people either have their calendars synced or they use one calendar for work exclusively. Requiring everyone to fax an ics file from 1997 is a very weird choice for MS in 2023.
That's not necessarily true; "most people" don't even use calendars. I use both Google Calendar and Outlook, but neither for work exclusively. Events are shared between the 2 as needed.
The nice thing about .ics files is they're portable, meaning you can import them into any calendar, even an offline one. It allows for greater flexibility. I understand you'd like events to be synced to your calendar, and that makes sense, but leave .ics files for those of us who use them.
