External Access to Outlook Calendar

[Ron]

Hi,

I am new to this group and new to Outlook 2003/Exchange Server 2003 which we
have just installed in our organisation.

I have been scouring the newsgroups for an answer to my question but have
not found anything so far so here I go:

We have users with shared calendars etc on our 2003 domain using
Outlook/Exchange 2003 and would like to share one particular calendar with
various people that are outside our organisation. Connecting different
domains is out of the question at the moment but may be happening in the
future.

My thoughts were to create mail enabled accounts on our domain and give
these external users access to the shared calendar via OWA but I only want
them to be able to access the shared calendar. I don't want them to be able
to use the other functionality with OWA i.e. sending and receiving email.
I was also thinking of creating a separate OU in active directory for these
external users hoping that some of the outlook features can be locked down.

Can I have some feedback on this topic hoping that other people have been
confronted with this problem and have a workable solution that doesn't cause
any secruity issues?

Thanks,

Ron.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You might want to repost this to an Exchange group as that is where you will
likely find an answer, rather than an Office group.
Microsoft.public.exchange.admin would be a good place to start.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Ron asked:

| Hi,
|
| I am new to this group and new to Outlook 2003/Exchange Server 2003
| which we have just installed in our organisation.
|
| I have been scouring the newsgroups for an answer to my question but
| have not found anything so far so here I go:
|
| We have users with shared calendars etc on our 2003 domain using
| Outlook/Exchange 2003 and would like to share one particular calendar
| with various people that are outside our organisation. Connecting
| different domains is out of the question at the moment but may be
| happening in the future.
|
| My thoughts were to create mail enabled accounts on our domain and
| give these external users access to the shared calendar via OWA but I
| only want them to be able to access the shared calendar. I don't
| want them to be able to use the other functionality with OWA i.e.
| sending and receiving email.
| I was also thinking of creating a separate OU in active directory for
| these external users hoping that some of the outlook features can be
| locked down.
|
| Can I have some feedback on this topic hoping that other people have
| been confronted with this problem and have a workable solution that
| doesn't cause any secruity issues?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Ron.

 

[Ron]

Thanks Milly, I will repost on the Exchange Group.
You never know, someone else in this group may have an answer to this
question.

Cheers,

Ron.