Am I going mad or is sync between Outlook.com and Outlook 2016 useless?

I recently returned to Outlook.com after using Gmail for many years.

Cleaned up inbox, swept aside the rubbish and ran some rules. Cool story.

Outlook.com account syncs beautifully on my Android device, contacts, calendar, tasks you name it.

Would like to sync my account with Outlook 2016 and, uh….wut?

  • Can’t sync contacts
  • Can’t sync rules
  • Can’t sync tasks
  • Haven’t yet figured out how to sync calendar

Please tell me I’m mad and wrong about this

Conversation 4 comments

  • wright_is

    Premium Member
    08 August, 2018 - 10:26 am

    <p>Its been working fine on my Office 365 for a couple of years. Everything "just worked".</p><p>Try deleting and re-adding the account.</p>

  • Daekar

    08 August, 2018 - 3:54 pm

    <p>You're mad and wrong about this.</p><p><br></p><p>I suggest taking the suggestion from wright_is. The sync isn't super fast, but it DOES happen.</p>

  • AnOldAmigaUser

    Premium Member
    08 August, 2018 - 4:47 pm

    <p>If you use 2FA, then you have to generate an app password for exchange. After I did that, I had no problem.</p>

  • Tedzio Gibonni

    16 August, 2018 - 5:38 am

    <p>Check it's syncing as exchange and not as an Imap client</p>

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