Facebook integration is no longer available in Microsoft services

For several years, most Microsoft online services, along with some Windows and Windows Phone applications, had offered Facebook integrationto access contacts, events, photos and other relevant information without having to leave the Redmond ecosystem.

Unfortunately, many of these features will no longer be available, due to changes in the Graph Facebook APIs that restrict access to such information. This implies that more than a dozen Redmond services and applications will be affected, losing the benefits of integration with that social network.Here's how each service will be affected:

• Outlook.com Contacts: New users will not be able to import contacts from Facebook, while old users will keep their contact list of Facebook, but it will stop updating every time there are changes in the profiles of the social network.
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• Outlook.com, Windows, Windows Phone, and Office 365 Calendar Sync: Facebook events will no longer sync to our calendars, but we will still have the option to subscribe to them from Outlook.com.
  
  To do this, go to Facebook, click Events in the left bar, then go to the bottom right corner and copy the Upcoming Events URL and/or Birthdays (each link is a different calendar). Finally we go back to the Outlook.com calendar, click Import in the top bar, then select the Subscribe button and paste the URL we have copied."
  
  

  

  This will create a new calendar that will be in sync with Facebook events, while also syncing with other Microsoft devices.
• Windows 8.1 Contacts app: We will no longer be able to check contact updates from Facebook, and contact information from these contacts will also not be will sync. Nor will we be able to share things on Facebook using the contacts application charm, or post or like from the application.
• Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Calendar: Facebook's birthday and event calendars will stop updating unless we subscribe to them in ICS format from Outlook.com, and then add that calendar in Windows 8 apps.
• Windows Live Photo Gallery and Movie Maker: Posting videos and photos directly from these applications will no longer be allowed.
• Windows 8 Photos app: You can no longer view Facebook photos from this app, but you can post photos by selecting them , and then sharing them with the Windows 8 Facebook app using the . charms
• Windows Phone 7 and 8 Contacts: The social feed view will no longer show Facebook posts, and events from this network will stop updating in the calendar.
• OneDrive for Windows Phone 7 and 8: Posting photos and videos directly to Facebook will no longer be allowed, but we can still do so from the official Facebook application.
• Windows Phone 7 and 8 Photos: Same as OneDrive, but will also remove the ability to view photos and videos from Facebook from this app. Again, to do this we will have to use the official Facebook application.
• Windows Live Essentials Mail and Contacts: Contacts, calendar, and birthday information from Facebook will no longer update.
• OneDrive Online: You will no longer be able to share photos and files directly to Facebook from OneDrive web, but you will still be able to get a link, and share it from the Facebook website.
• Outlook Social Connector for Outlook 2013: This extension will stop working completely, so we will no longer be able to access Facebook content (contacts, calendar, and social updates) from the Outlook desktop app.
• Office 365 Outlook Web App: Your contact list and information will no longer sync.

Definitely bad news for all of us who enjoyed these features in Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Microsoft online services. Of course, we'll still have the official Facebook app on both platforms to perform most of these tasks, but the lesser integration with the system will make life a bit more difficult for us.

Also, and unfortunately, Microsoft hasn't said yet if they plan to make any changes to get the Facebook integration working again.

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