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Other Group Calendar Tools

Even though Microsoft Outlook makes it easy to coordinate meetings with other Microsoft Exchange Server users, there is no built-in mechanism for maintaining a central calendar. Of course, the concept of a central calendar means different things to different people. Some organizations are looking for a centralized view of every person's availability, while others want to keep a common calendar of important company events. 

Quick and dirty method for sending personal appointments to a public calendar when you first create the appointment: Invite the public folder. All public folders have e-mail addresses, even though they may be hidden from the GAL.

If you just need to see other people's calendars easily from within Outlook, try the technique described under To get quick access to team calendars.

 

Company Events Calendar using an Exchange server application.

 

  Group Calendar without Exchange | Live Calendar Tools | Static and Do-it-yourself Tools | More Information

Tools

Availability Viewer   Meeting Request form modified to act as an free/busy viewer.
Corporate Calendar   Sample Outlook form application to maintain a central calendar. (Microsoft Office Update)
Groupcal   Outlook 2000 VBA form that allows you to create a local appointment folder that collates the schedules from a group of people on demand (not automatically). After creating the local calendar, you can then use the viewing/printing features of Outlook to filter the data, or use the Outcal.dot template to create color coded calendars in Word. Requires Outlook 2000, Exchange Server, CDO, and some shared calendars.
Outlook Group Calendar with VB   Sample source code for writing your own application using Visual Basic and the Outlook Object Model.
Synchronization utilities   Tools that can copy data from a mailbox Calendar folder to a public folder for group viewing.
Viewing Journal Items   Reorganize the way mail flows in your organization so that a shared mailbox is the primary delivery location, with private messages being sent to secondary mailboxes. Method devised by Outlook MVP Hollis D. Paul.
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More Information

  • Sharing with Exchange Server Public Folders
  • Managing Exchange Server Permissions -- Includes information on granting global Reviewer permission on users' Calendar folders
  • Synchronizing Microsoft Outlook on two machines -- Includes general information on synchronizing Exchange Server mailbox folders with public folders.
  • Sharing with Net Folders
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    Updated Mar 13 2008

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