Outlook Shared Calendar Questions


Cannot open shared calendars
We are using Outlook 2003 to access e-mail on Exchange (SBS 2003). When we atempt to open a shared calendar, the name we enter is converted to an e-mail address from the contact list (which is the same as the mailbox name in Exchange) but we get an error message saying that the user does [...]

Answer Question   |  June 17, 2009  6:12 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Shared Calendars, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar
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70 pts.

Seeing Outlook free/busy times for conference room resources
When a user creates a meeting request in Outlook 2003, in the Scheduling Tab they click on Add Others to select the conference room and add it as a resource. In the scheduling view, the conference room (resource) is displayed with “No Information”. How do you get the public calendar folder to display free/busy info [...]

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2009  11:42 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 Meeting Requests, Outlook 2003 Scheduling View, Outlook Free/Busy Time, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

Request Respone/ Public Calendar
I would like to uncheck the “Request Response” option for a Calendar event I have have created in a Public Calendar but that option isni’t available when I chose New Appointment, Invite Attendees, Action. The option is there to uncheck in my “Personal” Outlook Calendar.

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2010  6:48 PM
Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar, Public Calendar
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5 pts.

Outlook calendar invite send from a different user
When in Outlook, if I have my Boss’s calendar open and schedule a meeting on my calendar, it places the meeting on hers and sends an invite form her as if she set it up herself. To avoid this, I have to close her calendar so that I can send an invite from me. Any [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2009  6:48 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2007, Outlook calendar, Outlook Errors, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

Map shared calendar in outlook via GPO
Can I map the shared calendar in outlook using GPO?

Answer Question   |  April 29, 2009  11:14 AM
GPO, Group Policy, Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar
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SRN
30 pts.

How to stop users editing shared room calendar?
Hi I use Outlook 2007 with Exchange 2007 and have created a shared room calendar called “meetingroom”. I set permissions on this Calendar so that users had only “reviewer ” permissions but still all users can open up this shared calendar and delete appointments at will. The way I set this up was to give [...]

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2009  8:14 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Management Console, Exchange user permissions, Outlook 2007, Outlook Shared Calendar
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15 pts.

Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Sharing Calandar
I’m trying to figure out why one of our staff can access one of her bosses calendars but the other calendar won’t display. She had access to both calendars but for some unknown reason, one of the boss’s calendars won’t let her view it anymore.

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2010  7:28 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

Tracking Entries on a Shared Calendar
Is it possible to “track” entries on a shared calendar so that you can view which user added/deleted an entry?

Answer Question   |  February 26, 2009  6:59 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 calendar, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

Sharing calenders between Outlook 2003 and 2007
My office uses Outlook via an Exchange server, but only a few desktops have Outlook 2007 – the remainder (majority) use 2003. We need to do a shared calender that allows each person to be assigned a color code for ease of use/viewing the calender. In 2007, colors are tagged with the Category feature, whereas [...]

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2010  11:28 PM
Exchange user permissions, Exchange user settings, Outlook, Outlook 2003 calendar, Outlook 2007 calendar, Outlook calendar, Outlook Calendar Permissions, Outlook Shared Calendar
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15 pts.

Outlook Others Calendars Limitations
How many others folders can I have access to view? Is there a limit to how many I can have in the drop down menu? Can that maximum be increased. I need to view 11 others folders every day.

Answer Question   |  February 24, 2009  9:33 PM
Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook folders, Outlook Shared Calendar, Outlook Shared Mailboxes
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5 pts.

Issue with shared outlook calendar
We have a supervisor who had shared her calendar with her assistant. That assistant is no longer with the company. Her account has been deleted. We removed the assistant from the “Send of Behalf” area and reviewed each folder in the supervisor’s mailbox to remove any permissions that the assistnant had. Still, any time the [...]

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2009  9:09 PM
Outlook, Outlook Delegates, Outlook Shared Calendar
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15 pts.

Sharing Outlook Calendars
Our admin assistant needs to access 5 other calendars, so we have set them up to be shared. However, each morning when she comes in and logs on, they have all disappeared and she has to set them all up again. This did not happen when they were set up originally, but now happens every [...]

Answer Question   |  February 13, 2009  10:31 PM
Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

Outlook Calendar Shared Views
Is there a way to share only a specific view of your outlook calendar, to remove clutter (personal vs Businees items).

Answer Question   |  February 13, 2009  3:54 PM
Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar
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20 pts.

How do I set up the same colors in my and boss’ shared calendar
how do I set up the same colors in my boss’ calendar (which I have access to) as I have in mine? He’s in Outlook 2003 and I’m in Outlook 2007.

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2009  10:43 PM
Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar, Shared Outlook Calendars
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10 pts.

Sharing Calendar with Distribution List
Is it possible to share a default Outlook calendar with a Distribution List? Distribution List is located in GAL. Are there propertirs of a a Distribution List that need to be set in order to share a default Outlook calendar?

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2009  3:41 PM
Distribution Lists, Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

Outlook Calendar Access/Sharing
My boss and I use Microsoft Office Outlook. My boss currently only uses the shared calendar. He puts all his appointments and such here as well as group things. He doesnot want to use two different ones, but I want him to be able to give himself reminders and eventually be able to link it [...]

Answer Question   |  November 29, 2011  9:15 PM
Calendar, Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook Calendar Permissions, Outlook permissions, Outlook Shared Calendar, Permissions
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55 pts.

Can’t see appiontments/events others have added to Calendar in Public Folder
We have recently migrated from Kerio to Exchange 2007. In Kerio, we had the ability to have shared calendars in Public folders that those that had permission could see. Anytime anyone added an appointment/event, those with permisson could see what was added. Those calendars migrated over to Exchange without any problems. However, when an appointment/event [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2008  4:06 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 Public Folders, Exchange Public Folders, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook Shared Calendar
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30 pts.

Share outlook calendar between two trusted domains
Hi, could anybody help me with the sharing of a calendar between two trusted domains? I dont know how to do it. Thx

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2008  9:25 AM
Calendar, Domain, Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook Shared Calendar, Trust relationship, Trusted Domain
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45 pts.

Not able to view shared outlook calendar
There is a user who has been given review permissions to other users’ calendars for appointment purposes. She has reported that at certain times she is unable to open a calendar she has permissions to. She gets a message – ” Unable to open folder”. If she tries again an hour later or so she [...]

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2009  2:35 PM
Outlook, Outlook error messages, Outlook Shared Calendar
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0 pts.

Outlook – Intermittant ability to view shared Calendar folder.
The Office assistant at our office has permissions in Outlook to several users’ calendar folders to make appointments. The permissions have been verified and setup correctly. She can usually access any of the shared folders in question but occassionally she will not be able to access one of the folders. If she waits a couple [...]

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  3:57 PM
Outlook, Outlook Shared Calendar
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0 pts.