sharing a calendar

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Kristen

I know that you need to have the set of computers you
want sharing a calendar networked. And it seems as
though I have created a network bridge, which to my
understanding is still considered a network just the
same. But when I try and go to the so called "permissions
tab" under the properties menu of a given folder, I am
unable to see any such tab. Meaning, Outlook is not
recognizing the network I created. I am running both
Windows XP and Office XP. Is there any advice out there
that might help my dilema?
 
This has been a source of frustration for me as well - I
am working on setting up a small business with Outlook as
my contact manager, however, since other employees won't
be able to access a central calendar, I am currently
looking into other Contact Management Software with this
capability
 
Why can't you just use public folders and enable a Calendar from there for
everyone to use?
 
If you read the original message, it's pretty clear that they don't have
Exchange, hence no public folders.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Jim Christensen said:
This is a major disappointment for me as I upgraded from Outlook 97 to
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Outlook 2003. Apparently you need Exchange Server - a very expensive
software package to create folders for sharing any information between
desktops in small offices. I had an excellent system established before so
my partner and I could share calendars. Are there any ways to reestablish
that with Outlook 2003 short of Exchange?
 
I have a similar problem with someone wanting to share his calendar and have
others book appointments for him. Has anybody tried the products on the
slipstick page?
 
I'm stupified. I recommended Outlook 2003 to a small,
2-person office, for the junk mail feature. Now I discover
that without an exchange server, there is no native method
of sharing calendars or folders in Outlook? I have to go
back to Slipstick?? Am I reading this correctly?

Amazing.

Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
This is a major disappointment for me as I upgraded from
Click to expand...
Outlook 97 to Outlook 2003. Apparently you need Exchange
Server - a very expensive software package to create
folders for sharing any information between desktops in
small offices. I had an excellent system established
before so my partner and I could share calendars. Are
there any ways to reestablish that with Outlook 2003 short
of Exchange?
 
Outlook 2003 can view (read-only) a Windows SharePoint Services events or
contacts list as a native Outlook folder and share free/busy information,
but that's the extent of the available built-in sharing without Exchange.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Wow, thanks for the response, Sue. Sorry if I was venting
last time and took a while to come back. I'm still kind of
miffed, but I guess we'll figure out a way around it. Just
idly curious as to the thought process behind that
decision.... I mean, not that Net Folders ever worked
terribly well, but by Office 2000 I felt it had achieved a
certain level of functionality. To just yank it out seems
a cruel move.

Just thinking out loud, no need to respond, really.

Jonathan
 
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