ICS file with REQUEST METHOD and recurrences works fine in Outlook, but does not work in Outlook Web App

Question

Hello,

Outlook and Outlook web apps behave very differently when I send an ICS attachment file with METHOD:REQUEST, a recurrence rule and at least 1 recurrence exception.

For example I follow these steps:

• create an appointment in Outlook Web App with 3 recurrences and then modify the times for one of the recurrences
• save the appointment to iCalendar in Outlook Desktop App.
• modify in the iCalendar file the method from PUBLISH to REQUEST.
• Send an email with the attached modified ICS file to myself.

Now in Outlook Web App, I click on "Add to calendar", but all the recurrences have the same time. If I open the ICS from Outlook Desktop App, everything works correctly.

According to "[RFC5546] Section 3.2.2 REQUEST", method REQUEST together with exceptions defined in VEVENT sections with RECURRENCE-ID should work correctly, and it works but only in Outlook Desktop. (I have version Outlook 2016).

Kind Regards,
Claudiu

Answer 1

Hi @bsclau ，

Welcome to our forum, please kindly understand here we mainly focus on general issue on Outlook desktop client. According to your description, I understand you have issue with REQUEST METHOD on owa, which may be more related to icalendar. I have researched a lot about it and found a related thread, please kindly check if it could also be helpful to you, if you still need further assistance about it, it's suggetsed to post your issue in other icalendar related forum, thanks for your understanding and hope your issue would be resolved soon.

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