Calendar Permissions for Distribution Groups

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I have meeting rooms set up that I want to limit to just a department
and/or users.

I can add users and set permissions without a problem.

I can add mail enabled security groups as well and grant permissions.

When I try to add a distribution group, I get errors and unable to enable
the group.

Is there anyway around this issue? I'd rather not have to modify the
existing groups if possible.

I'm on a corporate Exchange 2000 system, with Outlook 2000 and up clients.

Thanks - Dale
 
What is the error that you receive when adding a DG to the permission of a
calendar?
 
What is the scope of the Distribution Groups that you are attempting to
grant permission to? Did you at one time migrate these Meeting Room accounts
from Exchange 5.5?
 
I'm on a clean Exchange 2000 system, with no migration from 5.5.

I can grant permissions to a user, users, and/or a security enabled
distribution group.

When selecting Add Users in the Calendar Properties - Permissions tab, the
only user list is the standard Outlook/Exchange list (Global Address List,
Contacts, Public Folders).

I can add a non-security enabled distribution group, but when I apply the
change, I get the error message.

"The modified permissions could not be saved. The client operation
failed."

I've worked around this by deleting some distribution groups, then creating
a new security group, with an email enabled distribution list, which works
fine.

I can create the security group and hide the email address, but that's a
bit confusing to make a standard practice for others to follow. Some
security group member lists don't match distribution lists.

My goal is to take an existing distribution list and set permissions on it
under a resource calendar. Since there is no security tied to it, I'm
guessing I can't set permissions on the group, but I thought I'd see if
anyone here as found a solution.

Thanks for helping. I'm starting to accept the only work-arounds are what I
mentioned.

Dale
 
Thanks for the link. I'm finding work-arounds to keep my configuration of
permissions simple.

I'm not too worried for me, as I know what I did. The downside is trying to
have a standard procedure my teammates would understand.

Thanks again - Dale
 
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