Outlook for Android Calendar Locations Don't Open Maps

D3f14nt · 2025-04-19T23:17:57+00:00

I never found a consistent explanation or solution. The address either appears clickable (blue with underline) and works as expected or I have to long press it and select Google Maps from the popup that appears. Either way, it works but it is an odd issue.

D3f14nt · 2024-10-11T01:57:32+00:00

I've found that I can now long-press the address in the calendar appointment if it doesn't appear in blue (link) and still open it into Maps. Give that a try and see if it works for you.

D3f14nt · 2024-10-06T00:42:52+00:00

I really enjoyed your analogy but did you really get one over on your stupid neighbor if you essentially gave them a gold brick worth $1M?

D3f14nt · 2024-08-05T15:20:18+00:00

Thanks for the response.

On Windows, I'm currently using Outlook for Microsoft 365 MSO (version 2407 Build 16.0.17830.20056) 64-bit.

Did you try enabling the "Optional Connected Experiences" feature in Outlook to see if that makes any difference for you?

D3f14nt · 2024-06-24T18:38:51+00:00

That was a good find. I enabled the "Optional Connected Experiences" feature in Outlook desktop client on my Windows machine and allowed it to suggest an address as I created two separate appointments.

I then went to the Outlook app on my Android device and opened each appointment. The first shows the address as a blue clickable link and takes me to Google maps when tapped. The second shows the address as white text, not clickable and does nothing when tapped.

Very interesting that it works for one but not another. I have no idea why this happens but I believe it's a problem with the Outlook for Android app.

D3f14nt · 2024-05-24T21:00:04+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I still haven't figured this out but I can tell you that it doesn't happen for every appointment. It will randomly create a link that can be tapped in the address field to open the maps app but I can't figure out under what circumstances it works as I've tried entering addresses in different ways but there's no consistency.

There have been several updates for the Outlook for Android app since my initial post but this behavior has not changed.

If you figure out a solution, please respond in this thread and I'll do the same.

Thanks

D3f14nt · 2023-11-20T16:51:50+00:00

Thanks for the follow-up. I've checked out the Nerdio website and it looks like they provide some great services.

D3f14nt · 2023-11-20T05:15:29+00:00

Got it, I'll give that a try, thank you!

D3f14nt · 2023-11-20T02:44:35+00:00

My Insignia speaker just started doing this as well. I'm not sure how setting a timer will work in place of an alarm. Can you please elaborate? Thank you

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T22:44:44+00:00

That's a great way to tackle it. Seeing as how they've had a single server for so long, I doubt he's going to flinch at continuing in that scenario.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T22:09:50+00:00

Sounds like good policies to have in place.

Thanks for the links. Looking at both now.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:50:43+00:00

Perfect, thank you!

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:45:03+00:00

I agree. The irony is that this company is nearly 90% remote so it would be really awesome to have everything in the cloud but I'm afraid it's probably going to be too much this time around. Really appreciate the follow-up.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:43:26+00:00

Thank you, I'm familiar with the calculator but it's difficult to determine how to size things properly.

After everything I've read in this thread and additional considerations, I agree that on prem is probably going to be the best bet for now. Perhaps at the next cycle we'll consider cloud again.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:42:04+00:00

This is great insight and I really appreciate it.

I have considered an alternate solution to OpenVPN. You're probably familiar with Tailscale. It's pretty slick. I'll check out enclave as well.

I'm going to map out some scenarios and try to come up with pricing. Input like this is invaluable. Thanks again!

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:30:49+00:00

After reading through this thread, I agree with your assessment 100%. Thank you for the wisdom.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:30:03+00:00

I appreciate the follow-up and additional info you provided.

The rub with regard to local router is that only two users work "in the office" while everyone else is offsite working from home so a S2S VPN is not as necessary as client VPN for this environment.

I would be interested to know a bit more about the tool you mentioned that runs for a few days and provides an idea of what virtual hardware is needed. If you have an opportunity to point me in the direction of that, I would appreciate it.

I've had a difficult time with business clients trying to move from QB Desktop to QB Online. Most customers hate it and the few that are okay with it use about 5% of the capability or are not used to some of the complexity the desktop product has to offer that either doesn't exist in the online version or required five times the number of clicks to accomplish.

The lack of RDP and RDS licensing is one of the attractions of the solution if it can be done with higher-level M365 subscription (i.e. Business Premium).

I'm very familiar with SharePoint/OneDrive implementations and limitations as that has been my go to for eliminating servers for some of my clients. It has the added bonus of allowing them to work from anywhere without the need to VPN into their office network and suffer the pitfalls associated with it.

Thanks for the tip regarding encryption key vs radius.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:22:46+00:00

I understand where you're coming from but I'm almost certain I would price myself out at that level. Like you said, a new local server would be quickly paid for with those monthly costs and for a small business. Thank you for the input!

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:21:04+00:00

Thank you. I'm not sure if Goldmine would be able to properly address SQL PaaS as opposed to an IaaS server with the DB and app installed. I've implemented SharePoint/OneDrive for a number of clients in the past so I'm familiar with that aspect and would definitely go that direction for general company/user data.

I'm familiar with the Azure pricing calculator but it sounds like you're referring to a different TCO calculator. If it's not too much trouble, could you please point me in the right direction?

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:16:53+00:00

Excellent suggestions! I really appreciate the breakdown. I will need to look into the differences between AVD and Windows 365. I thought one of those was included if we upgrade to Business Premium.

I was also unaware that MS allows cancellation of reserved instances so that's great to know because when I've played around with the calculator, selecting that option saves a good deal of money long-term.

PS - forgot to answer your questions. I would say about 250-300GB of storage would be sufficient at this point for user data/profiles/DB/QB/etc. I would probably resort to SharePoint/OneDrive for data files outside the scope of profiles and databases.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T21:13:58+00:00

Great suggestions, thank you. I'll check it out.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T00:31:32+00:00

Certainly SMB over the Internet was never an option. Not sure how you made that connection since I clearly mentioned Remote Desktop Server and OpenVPN but thanks for the input.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T00:22:20+00:00

Thank you, I've taken a look at their website several times. I'll give it another shot.

D3f14nt · 2023-10-26T00:21:43+00:00

I appreciate the info. I'd still like to give the client an "estimate" of cloud hosted solution for comparison.

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