I recently decided that I wanted a different user interface than my default mail, calendar, and contacts applications in OSX.

I saw Office 365, and specifically outlook, and thought "This would be nice, I've used outlook before (at work) and I know it's a great mail client. And the ability to have my mail, contacts, and calendars in one application with one UI experience would be wonderful."

Apparently the ability to add your personal online calendars to outlook 2011 is null. It doesn't exist.

Unless I were to purchase (on top of the 365 monthly/annual price) an exchange server solution, I am not able to make a calendar entry in outlook and see it anywhere else on the internet or my other personal devices.

Why anyone would want an application that doesn't offer a simple feature like gmail/icloud/online calendar synchronization is beyond me.

Well needless to say I will not be re-upping my 365 account. 

This is like when you walk into Best Buy and see that sad little sony walkman disc player for $30. No one will spend the money on technology that is irrelevant. Yes, outlook does email well, but that is 1/3rd of its selling point - online Calendars are essential in today's world and if you can't offer it then you might as well stop trying to sell a product that we can't use.

Also for any microsoft knight in shining armor - 'sync services' does not work