Upgrading to Exchange shared calendar

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I have a client (small construction company) that I just upgraded from no
server to SBS 2003, and they want to share their heretofor personal
calendars. I can import the individual calendars from the respective PST
files into Exchange and share them, but when the start up their Outlooks and
go to the calendar they still only see the default personal calendar, meaning
they have to select the shared calendar. They still receive their email
directly into the PST files, and only actually use Exchange for the
calendaring. Is there any way to remove (or reclassify as non-default) the
personal calendar? As I was writing this, I came up with an idea... to
accomplish this should I have them just direct incoming email to go to the
mailbox on the Exchange server? That would have the secondary benefit of
being backed up every night... and if I did that would I be able to delete
the PST files altogether?

Thanks for your help.

Ernie Lowell
 
You're spot on! In the account settings you can change the default delivery
location.

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Actually, once all the PST information has been imported into Exchange on the
server, you can go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files and remove
the PST file completely. Once that is done, then the only calendar (and only
mailbox) that will show up is what is on the Exchange server.

Ernie
 
That worked perfectly Roady... and when I then went into Tools > Options
Mail Setup > Data Files (in Outlook 2003 anyway, it will be at least similar
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in Outlook 02 and 00) and removed the personal folder from the list, it was
gone altogether and the only calendar that shows up is the Exchange version,
and all email is now stored on the server.

Thanks!

Ernie

Roady said:
You're spot on! In the account settings you can change the default delivery
location.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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Ernie said:
I have a client (small construction company) that I just upgraded from no
server to SBS 2003, and they want to share their heretofor personal
calendars. I can import the individual calendars from the respective PST
files into Exchange and share them, but when the start up their Outlooks
and
go to the calendar they still only see the default personal calendar,
meaning
they have to select the shared calendar. They still receive their email
directly into the PST files, and only actually use Exchange for the
calendaring. Is there any way to remove (or reclassify as non-default) the
personal calendar? As I was writing this, I came up with an idea... to
accomplish this should I have them just direct incoming email to go to the
mailbox on the Exchange server? That would have the secondary benefit of
being backed up every night... and if I did that would I be able to delete
the PST files altogether?

Thanks for your help.

Ernie Lowell
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Ernie said:
Actually, once all the PST information has been imported into Exchange on
the
server, you can go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files and remove
the PST file completely. Once that is done, then the only calendar (and
only
mailbox) that will show up is what is on the Exchange server.
Click to expand...

While this is true, the calendar that shows up is a personal, not shared
calendar. To access a shared calendar, the user must click on the public
folder calendar that you have created on the server, not the calendar in
their Personal Folders.
 
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