iCloud integration causes Outlook to hang when switching to Calendar for a LONG TIME?

Has anyone found a solution yet? I can see workarounds, and FHerrera9 suggestion works for me.

But I don't want workarounds! I would like to view two calendars in overlay mode - without the long wait.

It does not appear to be an environmental issue: I have the problem on both my home PC and work laptop. One runs Windows 10, the other 7. One runs a more recent version of Outlook that the other.

I find it staggering that there is no solution from Apple / Microsoft - the first post was almost 2 years ago.

I echo the comment here - have seen this problem for years. I had hoped that the newest iCloud control panel 5.0 released last week would fix this but still no. I'm running Windows 8.1 with Outlook 2013. When I switch to Calendar it hangs for several minutes, and sometimes will come back, other times Outlook will Crash. Eventually it will disable two Apple plug-ins, which at that point the hanging stops but no further updates go back and forth for my calendars and contacts which is unacceptable. I believe this is only on my corporate Exchange machine, as my home PC with no exchange doesn't seem to have this problem.

Exactly the same problem. I am not alone now. I'm runing also Windows 8.1 x64 with Outlook 2010 32bits, corporate MS Exchange and iCloud calendars. I have the feeling that the problem is between MS Exchange and iCloud calendars.... When I go to email and come back to Calendars, same effects, lagging several minutes before displaying calendars window... I have just to disabled iCloud addin in Outlook to avoid the lagg, but no more synchronisation with iCloud... Please, HELP !

I've still having this issue, Outlook 2013 and latest v5 of iCloud plugin. Both the workarounds (disable AddOn and Open calendar directly rather than through overlay calendar view) work but remove significantly important functionality (sync and overlay).

Funny this still happens in 2016. Thanks for the tip. Removing "fixed" the issue.

I'd like to provide another remedy: Disable the Internet Connection after click Calendar Tab in Outlook, which brings Outlook back from hanging immediately. Enable the Internet connection again, and try not to close the page of Calendar.

Win 7 64bit, Outlook 2010, iCloud for Windows 5.2.

iCloud add-in for Outlook is likely checking calendar details or something. Maybe it is busy on getting data since the age of dinosaurs. If outlook has a spinning waiting icon there, we definitely will see a tornado in front of us and may break our screen next second.

Reducing the default Calendar data period might help, I don't know...╮(╯▽╰)╭

I've been suffering from issue since last year, and was aware that this issue has lasted for years. Apple believe it is Microsoft's issue, and Microsoft believe it is Apple's. I will abandon both of them the next moment I have acceptable alternatives, but pity thing is I don't. Not sure how many years will this issue still last.

Same issue. Come on Apple, fix it already.

Same problem. My outlook 2013 freezes when i switch to calendar view.

My outlook is also slow .... when will they fix this ???

Windows 7 Professional, Outlook 2016, and iCloud 6.2.1 — same problem. Very annoying.

October 2017, iCloud 6.2.3.17, Outlook 2017 Pro plus, still no fix.

And it is the same with my installation. Windows 7 - 64 Bit, iCloud current version 6.2.3.17 (July 2017), Office 2010 (Outlook 14).

Just installed new Version 7.0 on new Windows 10 Laptop with Outlook 365 - the problem still persists. Come on guys, sit togehter and fix this, it's so boring

Oct. 14 2017... Problem still persists. I'll come back next year and write a new date, and write that they havnt fixed it yet. Well done apple.