Error: There was a problem connecting you to the shared calendar. Please ask the person who invited you to send another sharing invitation.

Rounak 60 Reputation points
2023-09-06T16:12:29.5166667+00:00

Hi,
One of the Windows user is receiving the below error when trying to accept a calendar from the colleague. There is no accept button when tried the same in OWA.
Error: There was a problem connecting you to the shared calendar. Please ask the person who invited you to send another sharing invitation.

Please advise.
Thanks!

Rounak

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  1. SokiGuo-MSFT 16,106 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-09-13T01:21:25.18+00:00

    Hi @Rounak

    Thanks for your sharing, glad to see it is resolved. If you have any update about this issue, please feel free to post back.

    In addition, due to a recent update in forum policy, the question author now is not able to accept their own answers. So, I have written a brief summary of the solution this issue. Please consider accepting the answer to help increase visibility of this question for other members of the Microsoft Q&A community. Thank you for helping to improve Microsoft Q&A!

    Issue:

    Error: There was a problem connecting you to the shared calendar. Please ask the person who invited you to send another sharing invitation.

    Solution:

    Issue resolved automatically without any troubleshooting steps. Maybe a glitch.

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  1. SokiGuo-MSFT 16,106 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-09-07T02:56:45.78+00:00

    Hi @Rounak

    There is no accept button when tried the same in OWA.

    Based on my search, this issue occurs if a disclaimer transport rule is applied to calendaring messages, and Wrap is specified as the fallback action. More information, see: Accept button is missing on a calendar from a sharing invitation - Exchange | Microsoft Learn.

    To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods:

    • Change the fallback action of the disclaimer transport rule from Wrap to Ignore.
    • Change the disclaimer transport rule to skip calendaring sharing invitations. For example, add an exception that specifies the following conditions: Except if: The subject or body > subject or body includes any of these words > has invited you to view their Microsoft Exchange Calendar or Sharing invitation or Sharing request or I'd like to share my calendar with you, or You're invited to share this calendar.

    If issue persist, please do let me know and I'll do my best on continuing to help you.

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  2. Rounak 60 Reputation points
    2023-09-12T11:07:02.14+00:00

    Issue resolved automatically without any troubleshooting steps. Maybe a glitch.

    Thanks everyone !

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