Fix Issues With Saving Appointments In Outlook Calendar

Microsoft Outlook isn’t just an email managing application, but it doubles as a personal data manager, using which you can streamline your day-to-day activities. Outlook has got many useful features like calendar, task manager, contacts manager, notes, journals etc intended to provide the users with a wonderful experience.

However, you might find yourself in a difficult situation when such an application meant to assist and ensure your productivity fails. One such issue that you might encounter while using Microsoft Outlook is the problem with saving an appointment in Outlook calendar. One must take utmost care while trying to correct such an issue, as any alteration to the essential files and their attributes in Outlook can adversely affect the program. Often it is found that the missing characters in the programming is responsible for not permitting to save a new appointment.

The below mentioned Microsoft tech support guidelines will help you fix issues with saving appointments in Outlook calendar.

Instructions

• Go to the Start menu located at the bottom left corner on your Windows taskbar and select the option Run. This will bring up the Run command box. Type adsiedit.msc into the text field and click the OK button. 
• Go to the new ADSIEDIT window and click on Domains to expand it. Further expand "dc=domain,dc=com" and the OU (abbreviation for Organizational Unit) of the user the Outlook problem is affecting.
• Locate the text "CN=Full name" of the user and right-click on it. From the popup menu, select the option Properties. 
• From the Properties window, click on the Attributes list and further choose "legacyExchangeDN". Now click on Edit. 
• Check whether you have the value to be exactly as this: "/o=OrganizationName/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=username." The error in being unable to save a new appointment is typically caused by a missing "/cn" before "username."
• Once you have confirmed that everything is in place, click OK and again click OK to close the ADSIEDIT window. 
• Now relaunch Microsoft Outlook on your computer and try to save a new appointment on the calendar. Check to see if the error has been rectified. 

Numerous Outlook repair tools are available to help you fix various issues with your Microsoft Outlook application. If nothing works, you always have the option to contact the Outlook Support team or visit the Microsoft Tech Support Center and seek further help.

Steps To Set Up Microsoft Exchange Mail

Microsoft Exchange is a mail server, calendaring and contact manager software developed by the software giant Microsoft. The tool offers email hosting services for corporate networks. The Exchange Mail server can also offer web hosting services to mini and small-scale companies who cannot afford private email servers. Using the Microsoft Exchange application, you can set up Exchange email on your Windows based machine with ease. Follow the guidelines mentioned below to set up the Microsoft Exchange mail.

Microsoft tech support Instructions to set up Microsoft Exchange Mail

• Plug in the power cable and switch on your Windows powered machine.
• Wait for the system to boot. Enter your password and username when prompted, to log in to your administrator account.  
• Launch the Start menu. To launch the Start menu, click on the Start orb located on the taskbar. From the Start menu pop up, select the label that reads All Programs. From the All Programs submenu, select the option that reads Windows Live. From the Windows Live submenu, select the Windows Live Mail option. This will open the “configure Exchange email settings” window.
• Enter your Microsoft Exchange server email address and password when prompted in the log-in window. If you do not have the necessary details to log-in into the Microsoft Exchange server email, contact your network administrator or email service provider. Enter your name into the empty field next to the label that reads Display Name. Click Next to continue.
• Hit the option that reads POP3. This will open the Incoming Server window. When prompted, enter your Incoming Mail Server details. Make sure that you enter the correct details into the incoming server text box. Enter Outgoing Server details into the Outgoing server window. Contact the network administrator or email service provider for more details on the same. Hit the Next option to proceed to the next stage of setting up Microsoft Exchange mail.
• Hit the Finish option when you are done setting up Microsoft Exchange mail. Click the Finish option to exit the setup.
• Re-launch Windows Live. Wait for all the unread emails to download into your Inbox.
Follow the above guidelines to set up Microsoft Exchange mail with ease. Send us your valuable feedbacks and queries about the same. Contact our Microsoft tech support division for more assistance on the same.