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Planner Calendar does not update in Outlook
I recently saw that Planner had Outlook integration now so I decided I would finally give Planner a chance. I created a task in Planner and then I clicked ''add plan to Outlook calendar'', the calend...
Same issue here. We're a Microsoft Cloud Solutions partner, and I have an open ticket about the problem. Weblink calendars from Outlook to Planner do not update. According to support, this is a known issue. I will post back if I get a clear answer from Partner Support.
Did you get an answer about the outlook calendar updating when Planner is updated?
I did not get a response. The ticket was closed without resolution (rather odd). I tried it through O365 support directly at first. I'm going through the Partner Center now, but it looks like this is a known issue and not a priority. I doubt I'll get anything from the exercise. For now, we have to assume that the iCal import is one-time and static. Not at all useful... not sure why they even released this "functionality".
I've received this 'totally not helpful' answer form support today:
3. Important note to make here >> Every time you add any new task to the existing plan which already shows the tasks on iCalendar, you have to re publish the plan to make it updated in iCalendar.We don't want every user to readd iCal after change or addition of tasks... we need a central view of all Planner tasks in outlook, if not in tasks at least in calendar.
