Microsoft Office 365: Resolve Sync Error

If you see any of the following sync error messages, you may be able to resolve these on your own.  These errors happen because of the permissions that are set on another person's mailbox.

8:35:21 Synchronizer Version 15.0.4719
8:35:21 Synchronizing Mailbox 'Your Name'
8:35:22 Synchronizing server changes in folder 'Other Person - Calendar'
8:35:23 Downloading from server 'https://outlook.office365.com/mapi/emsmdb/?MailboxId=***********'
8:35:23 Error synchronizing folder
8:35:23                   [80070005-508-80070005-560]
8:35:23                   You do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object.  See the folder contact or your system administrator.
8:35:23                   Microsoft Exchange Information Store
8:35:23                   For more information on this failure, click the URL below:
8:35:23                   http://www.microsoft.com/support/prodredirect/outlook2000_us.asp?err=80070005-508-80070005-560
8:35:23 Done

In the above example, there are three important lines that are highlighted:

  • The first line should include your name.
  • The second line shows the name of the person that has permission issues that are causing your error messages.
  • The third line shows that this error was caused by a permission issue. If you see another error message than the one shown here, contact DoTS.

The person listed in the second line above can follow these steps to fix this problem:

If you are using sub-calendars that you are sharing with others, following these steps will break that

 

  • Open the outlook client, go to your calendar, right click and select Properties and then select Permissions 
  • Select any of the users or groups that have a permission level of Free/Busy time, Subject, Location or Free/Busy time
  • For each of those users or groups, uncheck the Folder Visible option in the Other section

 

Once the other person has finished these updates, your sync errors should stop.