Sharing Calendars with Activesync 1

[JeffITman]

Here's my problem:

We have a company calendar that everyone uses for all of our appointments. My boss (the owner) wants to see that calendar on his phone. I've explained to him that it's not possible or that i've not come up with a solution for that. So his next question was

"Can't i just sync the company calendar to my personal calendar?"

There is my question. Is this possible? Or is there a solution to see 2 calendars on his phone via activesync?

We are using Exchange 2007 on Server 2003.

Any help is appreciated!

 

[Zelandakh]

Yes it is possible to sync the company calendar to his calendar.

Is the company calendar a mailbox or a public folder? A public folder would be MUCH better and easier!!!

http://www.diditbetter.com

has an application you can buy that will do it with ease.

 

[JeffITman]

It's actually just an additional calendar in his mailbox. He created a Calendar, called it 'Company Calendar', then sent out sharing requests to the people in the office that needs to see it. So, is there a way to tell activesync which calendar to look at?

 

[Zelandakh]

No. diditbetter has a way to sync the company one to his.

 

[strongm]

>A public folder would be MUCH better and easier!!!


It is interestiong to note that Microsoft's attempts to get rid of public folders are continually undermined by people finding a use for them ...

 

[Zelandakh]

Ah bum...I *like* public folders and they are supported until 2016...

By all means implement a sharepoint portal for it but a PF is faster!

 

[strongm]

>I *like* public folders

Me too

 

[cc929]

Zelandakh,

Would you mind telling me how to sync public folder calendar with personal calendar?

Thanks!

cc929

 

[Zelandakh]

Yes by all means - go to the site I mentioned and buy the product that does the syncing.

 

[zoeythecat]

I think if you have a blackberry server you can do this:

http://kb.netvigour.com/KB/article.aspx?id=10133

 

[zoeythecat]

I also just tested this on my blackberry (I don't have a blackberry server) and I have no issues synching a folder within the public folders tree, based on instructions from the Link I posted. You don't need to buy anything for this to work.

 

[cc929]

Zelandakh & Zoeythecat,

Thanks for your help & I will try it.

cc929

 

[Zelandakh]

Thanks ZoeytheCat for a site that's new to me. Star for you.

 

[zoeythecat]

Thanks for the star.....Just got lucky finding that link. This was also something I did not realize could be done. one thing to note though is to be careful not to sync your blackberry calendar with the public folder calendar (I know from experience now), otherwise people will be able to see your personal calendar appointments from your blackberry.