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We're seeing more complaints like this:
A user was invited to a meeting but the meeting is showing on her calendar with her as the organizer when in fact the organizer is someone else.
Users may unexpectedly become the organizer for a meeting that they were invited to. This does not change the meeting for all attendees, only the affected person. However, if the user deletes the meeting, it will be cancelled/deleted for all attendees.
This is the result of using Exchange Active Sync to sync an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox with an iPhone, iPad, or Android device and accepting the meeting on the device.
Microsoft has this issue documented in You are incorrectly displayed as a meeting organizer after you synchronize the meeting by using your mobile device in an Exchange Server 2007 environment Knowledge Base article and this issue was first addressed in Rollup Update 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 and is included in all later Rollups.
Note that the update will not fix corrupt meetings. If you need to fix the organizer, you will need to delete the damaged meeting from the affected user's calendar, and patch the Exchange Server 2007 to prevent future issues. The organizer will need to recreate the meeting.
More Information
How to Obtain the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007 Links to all Exchange Server 2007 update rollups and service packs. (Technet)
Current issues with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and Third Party Devices (MSKB)
A script to troubleshoot issues with Exchange ActiveSync (TechNet - Exchange blog)
iPhone and the Meeting Request Bug
Karl Pajak says
I've now switched to my think pad for work and have moved away from the surface I, not a bad machine if I do say so myself. I liked the surface a great deal but it wasn't powerful enough to run some of my higher end programs.
Now that I'm on a full laptop I'm still experiencing the problem where the added space keep occurring even if I delete all the styles in the gallery, save it as the default for all new document, even when I've gone into MS Word and saved it as the default. I really think that it's Outlook now, since it's occurred on two machines.
Diane Poremsky says
It's usually caused by syncing - the space is turned into an html
tag which has more space between the paragraphs.
Karl Pajak says
Also, when I select "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" in an email, in the paragraph popup window. And then set that as the default. The next email doesn't have it selected, even though I set it as the default for all documents.
Diane Poremsky says
Did you close the email message you had open when you made the change? Don't send it, close and reopen it.
Karl Pajak says
The company is using msexchange, I use a Samsung 4s, and a surface.
The apt. are doing it again this morning and I'm only using the surface (I, not the II). I'm wondering if the bug could be the style I'm using. For some reason it won't accept it.
Style:
Properties:
Name: No Spacing
Style type: Paragraph
Style based on: (no style)
Style for following paragraph: No Spacing
Formatting
Times New Roman 12 B I U Automatic
Left Justified, Single Spacing
Example Box
Font: (Default) Times New Roman 12 pt. Left
Line Spacing: single, Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style, Window/Orphan control,
Style: Automatically update, Show in the Styles Gallery, Priority 2
(Checked) Add to the Styles Gallery (Checked) Automatically Update
(selected) Only in this document
Note: I have selected New documents based upon this template in the past but the new appointments do not automatically mirror this style and I have to go back in, highlight everything, and then select (apply) this style to the appointment.
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I'm wondering if it's the way I set up the style? Or if there's a way I can set this up as the default for ALL appointment without having to go into each new appointment and tell it that this is the style. Somethings amiss with this version of Outlook, it wasn't an issue (or rather I don't recall it being an issue in what ever the version prior to 2013 was. I detest the ribbon... who ever designed that needs to be lectured about making things awful. Having said that, the previous version I was using also had the ribbon but it wasn't 2013).
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As to syncing, yes I'm syncing with my Samsung 4s on the phone's calendar. I don't know how to integrate the Outlook calendar with my phone so that's something I'd have to talk to IT about... but... If it looks like it really is the sync between phone and Outlook then I'll have to live with it because as a company they're settled on the Samsung/Android phone.
Diane Poremsky says
Any change in default styles would apply to mail and other outlook items too, but setting the default style - without saving or sending the appointment. You need to close the appt without saving/sending to set the global value. I don't think the sync is affecting it, but will check it on my android just to be sure.
Karl Pajak says
What could be the issue on my end? I'm still running into this problem. It's odd.
Diane Poremsky says
What type of email account? Are you syncing with a smartphone? The sync process could be doing it. If it's Outlook.com, are you using outlook connector (2010 and older) or Outlook 2013?
Karl Pajak says
What did your testing show?
Diane Poremsky says
I wasn't able to repro it - the spacing is fine here.
Karl Pajak says
BUG: Appointment format always adds space between lines. Right Click "Paragraph Menu" - Indents & Spacing. Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style.
After selecting this check box it corrects the spacing issue, however, eventually the same appointment will gain the spaces back and I'll have to re-check that box. It appears to happens after the event/appointment has expired and I update it to be current, but I'm not certain.
I've attempted to make that the standard formatting in Word, but that doesn't seem to correct the problem.
Issue still persists even after I've updated the style and selected all the events/appointments and changed their style to the new style which I've named "no space".
Anything to help on this?
Diane Poremsky says
I'll have to test it - offhand, I can't think of any cause or solution.