In Outlook 2013, after I successfully publish a calendar to a WebDAV server, I cannot update the publishing configuration. The path in the publish box includes the filename, which is a different behavior than prior versions of Outlook which left out the filename. When I click to update with the path as Outlook entered it, the pub fails. When I remove the filename and leave just the path that I entered for the first successful pub, Outlook crashes and restarts. I also notice that the updates don't always succeed after the first one. This feature appears to be broken in this version. I'm running Outlook 2013 from a Technet download, ver: 15.0.1420.1017

First make sure that Outlook is fully patched (the above is not the latest build number for Outlook). Later try reproduce the issue with Outlook in safe mode (Outlook.exe /safe).

In addition, you need to check the "Publish calendar to custom server" and select the settings correctly. You also need to further check, "Published Calendar settings" > "Update Frequency" > if you selected the check box, then the calendar updates will be published according to the server guidelines, regardless of send/receive group settings.

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same happens to me.  How did you fix this

We recently investigated this issue and found a possible workaround.  The reason the Publishing Options are not updating is due to Outlook looking for a policy setting.  This is not expected and we have submitted a bug to request this be fixed.  In the meantime we can try and workaround this problem.  If we add the policy manually it enables Outlook to update the Publishing Options. 

To workaround the issue set the registry key below (Start, Run, Regedit).

Reg path : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Options\PubCal

If the PubCal key is not there create it as a new Key.

Key name:  PubCal

Then add a String Value for DAVServerPath.

String name: DAVServerPath
String value: location to save the calendar data on the WebDav server