Sina Weibo Connect is no longer available

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Weibo has made an update to their API that will impact Microsoft apps and services. Weibo’s API is the tool that we use to connect your Microsoft account to your Weibo content. It brings contact information from your Weibo friends into Outlook.com and the Windows People app, keeps those contacts up-to-date, and provides options in apps and services like Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, and OneDrive to share to Weibo. We collectively refer to these features as Sina Weibo Connect.

Due to these changes, Sina Weibo Connect features will no longer be supported. This article explains how these changes will impact your connected apps and services.

Outlook.com contacts

If you're a new user, you won't be able to connect your Weibo account to your new Outlook.com account.
If you've previously connected your Weibo account to Outlook.com, your Weibo contacts will no longer be updated with information from Weibo.

Outlook.com, Windows, Windows Phone and Office 365 calendar sync

Weibo events will no longer automatically sync to your Calendar on Outlook.com, Windows, Windows Phone and Office 365.

Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 People apps

The People app on Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 will no longer support the following features.

Sina Weibo Connect – If you’ve connected the People app to Weibo on Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, you’ll no longer be able to see any updates from your Weibo contacts in the app. If you’re a new user, you won’t be able to add your Weibo account to the People app because the Connect feature is no longer supported.
Contact Sync – Contact information for the Weibo contacts shown will no longer be updated with information from Weibo.
Live Tile Notifications – The People app tile notifications shown on the desktop will no longer include updates from Weibo.
Sharing via Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 Charms Bar – Sharing content to Weibo contacts using the People app will no longer be supported.
Post, Like, Unlike, and Comment Activities – Posting updates to Weibo contacts via the People app will no longer be supported.

Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 Calendar apps

The Calendar app on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 8 will no longer receive birthday or event information updates for Weibo contacts. As a result, birthday or event information for Weibo contacts shown in the Calendar app’s live tile may become outdated.

Windows 8 Photo Gallery and Movie Maker

You will no longer be able to publish photos or videos directly to Weibo. But photos and videos that have been previously published to Weibo via Photo Gallery will remain published.
As a workaround, you can use Movie Maker to publish your movie project to your computer using the 1080p, 720p, or 480p profiles that are already built into Movie Maker. Then you can directly upload the final movie files to Weibo using the Weibo website.
You can still use the Weibo website to upload photos to Weibo by selecting photos saved to your computer.

Windows 8 Photo apps

You will no longer be able to use Windows 8 photo apps to view photos and videos that have been previously published to Weibo.
You can still use the Weibo website to upload photos to Weibo by selecting photos saved to your computer.

Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 8 People app

The People app on Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 8 will no longer support the following features.

Sina Weibo Connect – If you’ve connected the People app to Weibo on Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows Phone 8, you’ll no longer be able to see any updates from your Weibo contacts in the app. If you’re a new user, you won’t be able to add your Weibo account to the People app because the Connect feature is no longer supported.
Contact Sync – Contact information for the Weibo contacts shown will no longer be updated with information from Weibo.
Live Tile Notifications – People app tile notifications will no longer include updates from Weibo.
Sharing via Charms Bar – Sharing content to Weibo contacts using the People app will no longer be supported.
Post, Like, Unlike, and Comment Activities – Posting updates to Weibo contacts via the People app will no longer be supported.

Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7 OneDrive

Posting a picture or video to your Weibo account or Weibo profile on Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, and Office will no longer work. As a workaround, you can post photos and videos via the Weibo website.

Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7 Photos

Posting a photo or video to your Weibo account or Weibo profile on Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7 will no longer work. Also, the integration of your Weibo photo into your Photo Gallery will no longer work. As a workaround, you can post and view photos and videos via the Weibo website.

Windows Live Essentials calendar and contacts

The Windows Live Essentials Calendar and Contacts functionality will continue to work, but it will no longer receive birthday notifications or contact updates from Weibo for connected accounts. As a result, birthday notifications or contact information for the Weibo contacts may become outdated.

OneDrive

When using OneDrive on a web browser, the following changes will occur for Weibo contacts.

The Publish to sidebar link will no longer be available.
Any photos or videos that have been published previously will remain published.
You can still use the Weibo website to upload photos to Weibo by selecting photos from your OneDrive folder.

Office connected services

Weibo will no longer appear as a connected service when viewing the Office Account page for Office applications such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. As a workaround, post photos and videos via the Weibo website.

Outlook Social Connector in Outlook 2016 and Outlook 2013

The Outlook Social Connector (OSC) connection to Weibo will no longer function, and you'll see an "Invalid user name or password" error in the OSC connection dialog. As a result, content from Weibo and your Weibo profile picture won’t be updated.
You can remove your Weibo connection by selecting the X in the Outlook Social Connector window.

Microsoft 365 Outlook on the web

Sina Weibo Connect will no longer be available. If you’ve connected to Weibo in Outlook on the web, your Weibo contacts will no longer be synchronized to your Microsoft 365 account.

If you’re a new user, you won’t be able to connect to Weibo using Outlook on the web.