Most of you who use Outlook as the primary email application might encounter issues related to the missing of important information stored in it. These Outlook problems could be anything starting from the missing of your important calendar appointments, or meetings that you might have saved in Outlook. Such issues have been reported in several firms dealing with Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Apple iPhones/iPads/iPods, Active Sync devices, Apple Macs running Entourage or Outlook 2011, and RIM Blackberries.
According to Outlook tech support, Microsoft Exchange itself is not the basic cause of such Outlook problems, and the mail clients as well as the connectivity protocols are also responsible for it. Sync timing also forms one of the factors behind such issues. However, you can try out the following instructions to solve some of the calendaring issues in Outlook.
Running same Outlook version on all the computers
- Using the same version of Outlook at home and work, with the latest service packs and updates can fix the calendaring issues in Outlook to an extent.
Only one person should process meeting requests
- It would be better if you only one person processes the meeting requests, fixes the appointments and schedules the dates in the Outlook calendar.
Managing your calendar exclusively from Outlook
- To fix such Outlook problems related to calendar, it is best advised to manage your calendar solely from Outlook.
- It is best advised to check if your mobile device has the latest updates as well as OS version. This would definitely help in fixing the Outlook problems.
- If you are planning to change the date of the appointment or the meeting, make sure that you cancel just that meeting and create a new one to replace it. You should also put an end date on a recurring meeting.
- It is advised to delete the old meeting because it would remain until you remove it, adding to more confusion. Now, if it is a recurring appointment, you need to delete all the occurrences and again organize it.
- While rescheduling, it is advised to set the end date to not more than 6 months. However, if you are planning to schedule a meeting for a longer period, always start a new recurring meeting.
