.: How to Get All Outlook Calendar Events (Including Recurring Events) in Power Automate

When working with Outlook calendar data in Power Automate, it's important to understand the difference between the “Get events” and “Get calendar view of events” actions—especially if your flow needs to handle recurring events.

❌ The Problem with “Get events”

At first glance, the “Get events” action (from the Office 365 Outlook connector) seems like the obvious choice to fetch calendar items. However, it has a critical limitation:
It does not return recurring event instances.

So if your calendar includes weekly meetings, monthly check-ins, or any kind of repeating events, they simply won’t show up in the output.

✅ Use “Get calendar view of events” Instead

To include both single and recurring events, you must use the “Get calendar view of events” action. This action requires a Start time and End time input, which defines the date range of the calendar view.

💡 Pro tip: Use utcNow() and addDays() expressions to define dynamic date ranges.

⚙️ Parsing the Output with "Parse JSON"

One thing to note: the response from “Get calendar view of events” is often more structured and may include nested objects (like attendees, location, etc.). If you need to extract fields such as the event subject, start time, or body content, it's best to use a Parse JSON step.

Here’s how to do it easily:

Add a Compose action immediately after “Get calendar view of events”.
Run the flow once.
Copy the output from the Compose step.
In a new Parse JSON action, paste this output as sample data to generate the schema automatically.
Now you can access each event's details using dynamic content.

📝 Summary

Feature	Get events	Get calendar view of events
Returns recurring events	❌ No	✅ Yes
Date range required	❌ No	✅ Yes
Works for automation	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Recommended	🚫 Avoid	✅ Use

If your Power Automate flow depends on complete calendar visibility, always go with “Get calendar view of events” and handle the JSON parsing step—it’s simple, flexible, and works reliably for both recurring and non-recurring events.

.