Sync calendar outlook 2013

Question

I tried syncing my iPhone 5 calendar with my calendar in Outlook 2013 (preview version) without success.  I didn't have problem with Outlook 2010.  Can it be done and how do I do it?

Answer 1

Hi. I have done some research in this case. I have installed a “clean” Outlook 2013 on my PC using Win7/64-bit. Then I installed a “clean” iTunes v.11.0.2.26/64-bit. After this installation, I also had some problems in synchronizing elements from my “new” Outlook to my iTunes/iPhone
I recommend the following:
iTunes have to know what is your standard files in Outlook (just as CameronN described in January 2013). In Outlook – set “File > Account Settings > Account Settings... > Data Files tab > select (highlight) the desired data file, click on the 'Set as Default' menu button.”
iTunes only synchronized calendar elements from the Outlook folder called \\Outlook\Calendar (to see this folder - use “folder view” in Outlook). If Calendar Elements are archived in the Outlook-folder called \\Outlook (and viewed as an ordinary calendar in Outlook) iTunes will not synchronized elements from this folder. And if the folder \\Outlook\Calendar doesn’t exist iTunes establish one during the connection/setup/synchronization of iPhone and iTunes. And since the “new” \\Outlook\Calendar is empty iTunes synchronize an empty calendar, and then the existing calendar on the iPhone is wiped out. The “temporary” solution is to copy all Calendar Elements from any Outlook-folder (e.g. \\Outlook) to \\Outlook\Calendar, and then synchronize iPhone with iTunes/Outlook 2013.
To Apple:
I consider this as a problem in iTunes. iTunes can only synchronize Calendar Elements in \\Outlook\Calendar – not in \\Outlook. Even if I force iTunes to use Calendar Elements in \\Outlook iTunes can’t see or will not fetch any Calendar Elements from this Outlook-folder.
Please restructure (the “hard coded”) iTunes, and release a fix of iTunes which support Outlook 2013/iTunes to synchronized Calendar Elements from any Calendar folder in Outlook 2013.
And please do a QA of other modules in iTunes which may create similar problems during synchronizing of other type of elements in Outlook 2013.
Kind Regards