# What are some common breaking points as communities grow? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-some-common-breaking-points-as-communities-grow/402716 **Category:** Enterprise **Tags:** enterprise-ready **Created:** [May 11, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-some-common-breaking-points-as-communities-grow/402716 "2026-05-11T23:52:58Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### Author: ![pacharanero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pacharanero/32/500583_2.png) [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero) #### Post date: [May 18, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-some-common-breaking-points-as-communities-grow/402716/15 "2026-05-18T12:09:39Z")
The very much ‘partial’ implementation of calendaring/calendar integration (and also video conferencing integration) is a definite pain point for Enterprise use of Discourse. When trying to get inherently Microsoft-centric workplaces to adopt Discourse more deeply, it can be frankly embarrassing to have to admit at the end of a topic _entirely conducted in Discourse_, which might have even included neat features like a Discourse poll for the date/time, that we then have to drop a Teams/Outlook link for the calendaring bit. Most teams are not (especially initially) willing to fully adopt an in-Discourse calendar, which requires extreme Discourse buy-in from the participants. > [@"Add To Calendar" - .ics iCal attachments for Events in Discourse notification emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-to-calendar-ics-ical-attachments-for-events-in-discourse-notification-emails/399329/6): > > This is a helpful addition and would work for some use-cases. For me, as a person using multiple Discourses and therefore heavily invested in Discourses, I could subscribe to their calendars and have a single up-to-date place where it’s all together. However, the use-case that prompted the OP feature request was a conversation that initially took place completely on [openhealthhub.org](http://openhealthhub.org) via Private Message wherein I arranged a date and time to meet by video call with some potential Wiki contribut… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-some-common-breaking-points-as-communities-grow/402716)._