Sharing Outlook calendars on a LAN

[Steve Behman]

Can I share my calendar and those of my kids without using MS Exchange Server
with OFFICE 2003 for Students and Teachers? We are all on the same LAN.

I need to coordinate the kids calendars and mine.

I am visually impaired and would appreciate a response via email to:
(e-mail address removed)

TIA,

Steve

 

[Brian Tillman]

Can I share my calendar and those of my kids without using MS
Exchange Server with OFFICE 2003 for Students and Teachers? We are
all on the same LAN.

I need to coordinate the kids calendars and mine.

See if something here helps:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

I am visually impaired and would appreciate a response via email to:
(e-mail address removed)

Ask here, get an answer here. NEVER put your real address in a newsgroup
unless you LIKE receiving junk mail and viruses.

 

[Steve Behman]

Thanks for the response.
I am already using a shared calendar product for Office XP -- it is sold by
PCDotCom and works quite satisfactorily.

From reading the write-up on the 2003 product I got the impression that this
function was built into it. From your response I deduce that my impression
was actually a misimpression.

Also a BIG thanks for the tip on email addresses -- that is an error I will
not commit again.

 

[Brian Tillman]

From reading the write-up on the 2003 product I got the impression
that this function was built into it. From your response I deduce
that my impression was actually a misimpression.

It is a misimpression. Outlook 2003 has no built-in way to share calendars.
You can share them in Outlook 2003 and earlier if you're careful and take
care to make frequent backups. All that is required is for you to create a
PST in a folder shared on the network and then open that PST in each of the
mail profiles on the various PCs. Only one PC at a time can have Outlook
running and PSTS references over a network are not supported and can
corrupted the PST (hence the regular backups), but for the most part, it
works.

I thought I read that Outlook 2007 will allow some measure of sharing on a
LAN without a server.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, Outlook 2007 will allow you to email the calendar and have others access it but it is not true "sharing."

Hey Brian, if you have the time and the hardware, give the beta a spin yourself. I think you will be impressed. Remember, Virtual PC from Microsoft is now free!

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After furious head scratching, Brian Tillman asked:

|
|| From reading the write-up on the 2003 product I got the impression
|| that this function was built into it. From your response I deduce
|| that my impression was actually a misimpression.
|
| It is a misimpression. Outlook 2003 has no built-in way to share
| calendars. You can share them in Outlook 2003 and earlier if you're
| careful and take care to make frequent backups. All that is required
| is for you to create a PST in a folder shared on the network and then
| open that PST in each of the mail profiles on the various PCs. Only
| one PC at a time can have Outlook running and PSTS references over a
| network are not supported and can corrupted the PST (hence the
| regular backups), but for the most part, it works.
|
| I thought I read that Outlook 2007 will allow some measure of sharing
| on a LAN without a server.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hey Brian, if you have the time and the hardware, give the beta a
spin yourself. I think you will be impressed. Remember, Virtual PC
from Microsoft is now free!

The truth is that I simply don't want to mess with a program that's going to
expire after I've come to love it. I don't have the money to purchase the
released version when it comes out.