Tips to solve issues with edit/sync Outlook.com shared calendars after migration
- Ensure that your calendars and email sync correctly.
- For that, you need to reconnect your Outlook.com account to Outlook for Windows.
- To do that you can create a new Outlook profile and add your Outlook.com account.
- Once it is done, delete your old Outlook.com profile.
Tips to solve issues with editing a shared calendar in Outlook 2016
- You cannot use Outlook on Windows to edit Shared calendars with your Outlook.com account.
- This applies even if you have reconnected your Outlook.com account to Outlook.
- Outlook 2016 for Windows possibly allows editing shared calendars.
- You can edit a shared calendar by going online to your own Outlook.com calendar.
How to solve the error when trying to accept a shared Outlook.com calendar with Office 365 for business account in Outlook 2016
- To access the calendar shared with your Office 365 for business account, you need to accept the invitation from Outlook on the web, iOS, or Android.
- In case you have already clicked the accept button in Outlook 2016, it won’t be possible to re-accept from another Outlook application.
How to solve the error when trying to send a calendar sharing invite in Outlook on the web
- Open ADSI edit on an Active Directory Domain Controller.
- From Outlook on the web, find the user trying to share the calendar.
- Select Properties by right-clicking the user’s name.
- Pick Attribute editor and edit 'publicDelegates' and 'msExchDelegateListLink' attributes to remove the name of the user with whom the calendar is shared.
Written by Alex K Joseph, Digital Marketing Strategist, Dock 365
Alex K Joseph is a digital marketing strategist at Dock 365 with deep expertise in content marketing and Microsoft technologies. His published work covers SharePoint administration, Microsoft Teams, Power Automate, Microsoft 365 admin workflows, and Dynamics 365, the underlying platform that Dock 365's contract management software is built on. He has been writing for Dock 365 since 2021, producing technical content that helps SharePoint and Microsoft 365 administrators evaluate CLM solutions in the context of their existing Microsoft stack.


