Outlook Windows 8 not syncing with iPhone 5 IOS 8.2

Had this problem. Solved this way. Went in settings, opened "mail, contacts, calendars," scrolled down to "default calendar" and made sure the exchange calendar was selected. Then went back to "mail, contacts, calendars" and opened "exchange" which is located right below "iCloud" in the accounts listings. Noticed that the "automatic reply" feature was showing as "loading." Turned off "mail" and then turned it on again, and "automatic reply" reset to "off." All my recently entered appointments started showing again. I think that when I had set my automatic reply feature a couple weeks back on my desktop, that feature had gotten stalled on the phone somehow.