Outlook 2011 and mountain lion calendar sync issues... resolved (kinda)

Question

Okay... I never really post to these boards, but I'm fairly ticked off that OS X keeps tampering with MS Office and it's syncing with iTunes and, ultimately, my iPhone.  Apple support tried to push me onto the iCloud, but I'm not going to use that crappy feature. After many hours of trying to fix the calendar sync issue with MS Office 2011, I found a workaround:
1.  Get the apple reminders set up to recognize the OS X Calendar program.
2.  Confirm that your Outlook calendar data is recognized in the OS X Calendar program (it was always there for me)
3.  Install MS Office 2008 (Entourage) --- You don't have to use it, but the older program still syncs with Mountain Lion.
4.  Sync your iphone with itunes and ensure that your Calendars are erased (uncheck the Calendar sync box).
5.  Click on the "Replace Information on this iPhone) for Calendars.
6.  Re-sync the iPhone with iTunes.
7.  The data should go up with no problem.
IF you are still having problems...
1.  go to OS X "Calendar" and Add a new calendar called "Home".
2.  move the Outlook data to the Home calendar (just drag and drop).
3.  Repeat steps 4-7 above.
Since I've done these changes, everything directly syncs.
Hope this helps, and don't lose faith.  MS will come up with some type of patch.

Answer 1

Outlook 2011 is not compatible with iCloud, it won't work and your 'workaround' may affect iCloud clients on the same account.
Don't use 2011.