Forum Discussion
regarding the state of shared calendars on mobile devices
Just seen a reply to a similar thread last year by jcgonzalezmartin
Improvements coming to Microsoft Outlook
Though sadly there doesn't seem to be any ETA details on when these improvements might be delivered. Maybe Julia Foran can advise on the latest?
This of course doesn't help with adding shared calendars to the default apps but it's a massive improvement to be able to tell users to use one app for their work email, work calendar and work shared calendars.
I really cant beleive that sharing calenders on an Android device can be a problem in 2017. But it is. Its so 1990'ies.
The scenario is as follows. Because of the complicated proces using exchange rules to filter unsercure old Android devices (oh and MS could easily fix that provinding sets of filters), organizations are forced to use a "no android" rule. That will effectively mean that people using android platforms and perhaps wanting to aggregate multiple calendars are now forced to use Outlook App** which doesent integrate with other calendars on the device.This means you get your planning spread out on multiple apps.
**) The Outlook App has recently detoriated - "forgets calendar data" when offline.
In effect the combination of stick-to-Exchange, forced no to Android native apps even on safe devices and off a less-than-good Outlook App cost collaboration/time/tires and spells a classic failed vendor lock in. It has no future.
Please fix this.
