Possible to share a SECOND calendar but not the first on Exchange?

J

jeff

Using Entourage 11.2.5 over an Exchange server and I've been using the
calendar for some time only for myself. Now I'd like to have a shared
calendar.

I had no problem sharing my calendar but when I created a second
calendar and attempted to share THAT, no one could access it. I don't
want to share the calendar I've been using for months since it has
personal info in there.

So, I can create multiple calendars on my Exchange account but only
share the primary one? Is this correct?

Thanks,
jeff
 
B

Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Yes, this appears to be a bug - it was reported here just a week or so ago.
I have been able to confirm the problem is reproducible.

I have no work round at the present time :(
 
J

jeffthechef

Thank you Barry for your quick reply. Glad to hear that you are aware
of the possible problem. Please keep us informed if you find anything
out!

-Jeff
 
B

Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Having me be aware of it does you no good at all, however, the fact that
Microsoft MBU are aware of it may do some good - they are the ones in a
position to do something about it!

We are unlikely to hear any direct announcement that this bug is fixed,
rather if they can/are willing to fix it, then it would probably get rolled
up into an update at some point.
 
J

jeffthechef

Well, to solve the problem for now, I'm going to set up a spare mac w/
an Exchange account and have it be dedicated for the shared Calendar.

thanks for your help!
-jeff
 
J

jeffthechef

Not familiar with those, nor was I able to create one. Will our
Exchange Admin have to set that up?

Thanks,
Jeff
 
B

Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Your sysad would have to give you the permissions to create one, if you
can't already.

To create them, expand the 'Public Folders' icon in the Folder Listing for
the exchange account, and select the 'All Public Folders'. Right-click on it
and choose 'New Folder...' from the contextual menu. In the resultant
dialog, select 'Calendar' in the 'Type' drop down menu, give the calendar a
suitable name and click the 'Save' button. If you have the necessary
priveleges, the calendar will be created. If you don't, you'll get an error
message and you need to go and see your sysad.

When you have the Public Calendar created, drag it to the 'Favourites folder
- this will do two things: first, it will locally cache the data in the
calendar instead of having to download it every time you select it; also, it
will make the calendar available in the 'Calendar View' of the main view
window for easier access.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
<http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html>
 
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