Sharing an Outlook Calendar

I have Windows 2003 server and also Exchange Server 2003. I want to share a central calendar in Outlook with several company members on the network including remote workstations connected via VPN. Is there a simple set of instructions on how to accomplish this. The more I read the more confusing it gets. I thought such a simple need would be easy to solve. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hank

Creating It couldn't be much simpler:

1) File | New | Folder. Create it in the Public Folders\All Public Folders
hierarchy, give it a name and choose Appointment Items as the type of item.

2) Right-click the folder, choose Properties and set permissions to allow
access to the folder.

Remote users using an offline folders .ost file may want to add it to their
Public Folders\Favorites and set it to synchronize.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Hank" wrote in message
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I have Windows 2003 server and also Exchange Server 2003. I want to share
a central calendar in Outlook with several company members on the network
including remote workstations connected via VPN. Is there a simple set of
instructions on how to accomplish this. The more I read the more confusing
it gets. I thought such a simple need would be easy to solve. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Hank

Thank you for the response. It is greatly apreciated. If you could go into more specifics that would be great. Especially relative to the remote users that I wish to access the calendar.
Thank you,
Hank

OL2002: What Are Offline Folders and How Do You Use Them
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;286038

If you don't have OL2002, search the KB for your version.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Hank" wrote in message
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Thank you for the response. It is greatly apreciated. If you could go
into more specifics that would be great. Especially relative to the remote
users that I wish to access the calendar.
Thank you,
Hank

You seem very knowlegeable with regard to this subject and I am interested in finding a white paper or specific instructions on how to configure a shared calendar in outlook. I want to establish a central calendar on my Windows 2003 server (I also have Exchange server 2003) with outlook that my collegues can access via a VPN I have setup to the server. They would be able to both view the calendar as well as make changes to it so that we have a central calendar for all of us. This is the only feature I am interested in sharing this central calendar.

Setting up exchange, setting up Outlook to have this central sharable calendar.

Thanks

There's nothing more to it that creating the folder in the Public Folders
hierarchy with File | New | Folder, then setting appropriate permissions on
the Properties dialog for the folder.

I'd say Exchange is a rather expensive calendar server, though.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"hank" wrote in message
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You seem very knowlegeable with regard to this subject and I am interested
in finding a white paper or specific instructions on how to configure a
shared calendar in outlook. I want to establish a central calendar on my
Windows 2003 server (I also have Exchange server 2003) with outlook that my
collegues can access via a VPN I have setup to the server. They would be
able to both view the calendar as well as make changes to it so that we have
a central calendar for all of us. This is the only feature I am interested
in sharing this central calendar.

Setting up exchange, setting up Outlook to have this central sharable
calendar.

Thanks

When I bring up Outlook 2002 and look at the folders list I see no reference to public folders, I am obviously doing something wrong. I thought this would be an easy project but it is becoming frustrating. Again I see no reference to public folders in Outlook

Do you have an Exchange Server? Are you connecting to it with the Exchange
service, not POP or IMAP?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"hank" wrote in message
...
When I bring up Outlook 2002 and look at the folders list I see no
reference to public folders, I am obviously doing something wrong. I thought
this would be an easy project but it is becoming frustrating. Again I see no
reference to public folders in Outlook