Calendar Sharing

[life036]

Hello All,

I was wondering if / how you can share a calendar between multiple users. Is this possible? If so, can the calendars be layered (viewing events from multiple calendars in one calendar view), and can the calendars also be displayed on a publicly available website?

So what's the verdict - can Exchange be used as a calendar server or is there something better that I've missed?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[rbritton18]

You would have to create or share an existing user calendar and give the user rights to create entries on the users calendar. If not create a user and mailbox and give those users rights to create appointments on the new users calendar. That is the easiest way that I can think of.

 

[rliebsch]

First, Exchange is a collaboration type server, Calendaring is part of what it does.

I think you might be looking for a calendar in a Public Folder.

But it also sounds like you are looking for some fancy bells and whistles.

I'd maybe look to another product or add on for Exchange.

Robert Liebsch
Systems Psychologist,
Network Sociologist,
Security Pathologist,
User Therapist.

 

[SteveRoadWarrior]

I agree with the previous posts.
If you're using Microsoft Outlook 2003 with Exchange, it's got a feature that allows you to view calendars side by side. If you want to give several users access to a particular calendar, a public folder is what you want.
If you don't mind running this procedure manually, you can (inside of Outlook) click "File" -> "Save as Web Page" and follow the prompts (how many months do you want, etc). You could then upload that group of files into your website. If you give this task to your operator and tell them to do it daily, you wouldn't need to buy software.
If you need it to be automatic, you could script the following operation (AutoIT or VBScript would work). Or, if you have an SSL VPN device that supports it, you can publish the Public Folder in OWA (you've got to be really careful here, but with the right security precautions, is possible).
If this is the way you go, you'll need to make sure that anonymous user has the capability to view and NOT edit or delete.