Q: iCloud and Outlook 2016 for Windows

Forum users over a certain level have the ability to report users that violate the TOS of the forum, as well as violate the NDA for beta software. That information is reported to the hosts, who do work for Apple, but given the volume of posts here, they are not doing this themselves. Just like if someone reported your "comprehend English" comment given its attitude.

WHEN WILL APPLE FINALLY DEVELOP AN ADDIN FOR ICLOUD AND MSFT OUTLOOK 365. AAPL FAILED ON THIS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY DAY 1!!!!!

jepay wrote:

 

WHEN WILL APPLE FINALLY DEVELOP AN ADDIN FOR ICLOUD AND MSFT OUTLOOK 365. AAPL FAILED ON THIS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY DAY 1!!!!!

The caps lock is not necessary. You are addressing fellow users who do not need to be yelled at. If you read the entire post, you will see that Apple is working on something that should be released in the near future.

Ourdoc wrote:

 

And I never said it was.  I only said if you post something IN HERE THAT IS FROM BETA, they will delete it FROM HERE.  If they were not monitoring this forum, they wouldn't see it to delete it. 

What a rude and unhelpful chap you are.

Have a nice argument with yourself.

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jepay wrote:

 

WHEN WILL APPLE FINALLY DEVELOP AN ADDIN FOR ICLOUD AND MSFT OUTLOOK 365. AAPL FAILED ON THIS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY DAY 1!!!!!

See if your PC has a key marked Caps Lock, find it, then press it once.

I know that, my developer account is maxed out, but again, if not being monitored it would not take place in seconds.  Literally less than one minute from posting.  To top it off, even though it was beta, the same topic was being openly discussed everywhere.  In fact now that it is no longer beta, it was a simple statement of how I fixed the bug that was killing my Apple Watch before Watch OS2 was released.  People were complaining about battery life here and all I posted was that rebooting my watch fixed the problem. Mighty beta secret, that no one would have reported, but Apple had it down in seconds.  They do monitor community forums, ALL companies do or they don't last long.

Apple doesn't post in here as this is a community user to user forum, not a way to communicate with support.  That is what the support option is for.

Could we please get back to the issue at hand?  WHEN will Apple have the compatibility to Outlook 2016?  I have missed meetings and can't locate contacts as a result of this situation.  If it's not intentional and designed to push people to Apple products / software, then it sure feels like it.

Apple Community Specialists have posted that there is a fix in the works and will be released soon. There is no way for anyone here to know the exact date until information is released by Apple. See this thread. Icloud for Windows does not work with Outlook 2016

Ourdoc...it's the same story each time...the Apple elitists strike again! We should get it after all these years... Win10 Outlook 2016 users...Apple wonders when we'll learn we are not worthy of using an Apple product. Can't they just get along, work together, and fix this for all their users who try to support their products? Pretty petty and silly for Apple to always get defensive and point fingers and tell us what to post and where.

from my note to Apple Support: I believe that your
engineering management MUST follow the company directive listed here https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204230
where Outlook 2016 is clearly supported.

After working with Apple tech on Case 1038541963, they suggested strongly that I upgrade to iCloud with Outlook 2016 to solve this problem (not able to sync using USB cable and iTunes).  This is what is happening:

Today has been a complete disaster.  Fortunately, I am using the test system (my old PC) which was used to respond to Apples earlier request for testing.

Some of the issues:

1. Turned on iCloud and set up to sync Contacts, Calendars and Tasks.
2. 2,387 contacts could not be uploaded (of 16,000).  No reason given except “Unexpected server error. (HTTP Status:400)” and looking at those contacts, there is nothing unusual about them (such as attachment or large notepad field).
3. Message “Could not save changes to 10 items”.  Note explains that someone else is working with these items, but that is not the case.
4. After “setup complete” there were times when a dialog box came up and the only way to move forward was to delete
   some contacts.
5. Tasks:  The tasks folder in Outlook>iCloud>Tasks shows that there are 470 tasks.  None show up visibly in Outlook (no problem before upgrade to iCloud).
6. Changing or adding a contact results in message “Exceeding iCloud limits!”.  So, the database cannot be used or modified.
7. Checking the iCloud panel on my PC, it shows almost all of the 5GB space is free and available.

So, there are massive technical issues.  I hope that high level management is aware and assigning resources for a prompt and
technically perfect solution.  Also, all of us experiencing this need some form of response and assurance from Apple
Management.

I believe that your engineering management MUST follow the company directive listed here https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204230
where Outlook 2016 is clearly supported.

I have Outlook 2016 om computers Multiple. I am able to connect all with the iclous email

Now I am have a struggle with setting up a co workers email to work with outlook. The user name or passord is not working on Outlook 2016

it seems we are halfway into 2016 and apple has yet to resolve this compatibility issue with icloud contacts and calendar and outlook 2016. Ive tried forums, blogs, apple's own tech service, online chat for apple help , and still apple chooses to ignore its customers. Bad move apple. I refuse to even consider getting an ipad or anything beyond an iphone 5s till apple fixes this. And yes, i have uninstallled and reinstalled icloud on my computer multiple times without it actually fixing anything!

You would probably have more luck using Microsofts cloud service, it was designed for Outlook, have you considered that?

Yes, I have switched from Apple to Microsoft.  Just be aware that there are many ongoing changes as functionality moves to Cloud based solutions.  The Microsoft solution has many small issues, but the core functionality uses Exchange Server (consumer cloud version) which seems to work adequately.