Question

I have a problem with the SharePoint and Outlook calendar synchronization. When I drag and drop an appointment or meeting from outlook calendar into SharePoint calendar, I can see that it is appeared on SharePoint calendar. Till this, I am good.

But, when I update the calendar item in outlook and sync both the calendars again, I don’t see the updated on SharePoint calendar. Same issue with vice versa.

Can any one please help me if you had run into this sort of scenario.

Thanks in advance for your help!!

Thanks

Answer 1

This is expected. When you drag an item from a SharePoint calendar to an Outlook calendar, this is a very simple copy. There is no link between the two items. If you change the Outlook appointment, it will not update SharePoint. In other words, the two appointments act independently of each other.

We have been working on an Outlook add-in to solve this issue. The add-in called, ProperSync, allows direct syncing between Outlook calendars and SharePoint. You can find more information at http://www.propersync.com

Edit:

As a new feature in ProperSync 1.3 (beta now available) users can connect their Outlook calendar directly with a SharePoint calendar. This links the appointments directly. There is no need to drag and drop, just setup the connection and the appointment in Outlook is the same in SharePoint.

Here is a simple video demo – http://youtu.be/6l6mEsqrutU

*Disclaimer – I am part of the ProperSync team, but hope this is a relevant and helpful posting