To give a brief background, I initially created an event “SharePoint Refresher Session”, intended for users who had recently migrated from SharePoint ’07 to SharePoint Online. 

I had to add users to this individually which was difficult to track when users switched departments. 
In addition to this, when users declined this event it disappeared from their calendar forever, despite perhaps wanting to attend a session down the line. 
It also seemed to send out invitational reminders to users every 1-3 months which resulted in users receiving unwanted invites. 

As a result, I decided to make the meeting joinable instead of by invite and so set up a meeting and creating an event on SharePoint, sharing a joinable link. 

The first session took place last Wednesday and we had no issues, I’m happy to say. 

So last week I found out you could set a recurring event in SharePoint Online by creating a single event, going to site contents > Events > Editing the single occurrence and selecting the box to make it a recurring event. 

I made this event recurring on the 2nd Wednesday of each month which was perfect as this is what my prior meeting was set for. 

The first issue I saw was that it autogenerated an end date, even when you didn’t put one in.
If you select ‘no end date’, it’ll insert the last available end date available to it e.g., July 11 2071.
As well as that, the month part of that end date will always appear under the first date in the icon.

I can work around the above, it’s not the end of the world.

However, I’ve also noticed that once the event is over (currently 5 days after the event) it’s still at the top of my existing events.  

To move it I had to manually change the start date (which nullifies the usefulness of the recurring event), which produced further issues which have since been rectified.

I’m just wondering is there a known solution to this or is it just easier to keep creating individual monthly events instead.

Thanks in advance,

Chris

​To give a brief background, I initially created an event “SharePoint Refresher Session”, intended for users who had recently migrated from SharePoint ’07 to SharePoint Online. I had to add users to this individually which was difficult to track when users switched departments. In addition to this, when users declined this event it disappeared from their calendar forever, despite perhaps wanting to attend a session down the line. It also seemed to send out invitational reminders to users every 1-3 months which resulted in users receiving unwanted invites.  As a result, I decided to make the meeting joinable instead of by invite and so set up a meeting and creating an event on SharePoint, sharing a joinable link. The first session took place last Wednesday and we had no issues, I’m happy to say.  So last week I found out you could set a recurring event in SharePoint Online by creating a single event, going to site contents > Events > Editing the single occurrence and selecting the box to make it a recurring event.  I made this event recurring on the 2nd Wednesday of each month which was perfect as this is what my prior meeting was set for.  The first issue I saw was that it autogenerated an end date, even when you didn’t put one in.If you select ‘no end date’, it’ll insert the last available end date available to it e.g., July 11 2071.As well as that, the month part of that end date will always appear under the first date in the icon. I can work around the above, it’s not the end of the world. However, I’ve also noticed that once the event is over (currently 5 days after the event) it’s still at the top of my existing events.  To move it I had to manually change the start date (which nullifies the usefulness of the recurring event), which produced further issues which have since been rectified. I’m just wondering is there a known solution to this or is it just easier to keep creating individual monthly events instead. Thanks in advance,Chris  Read More

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