C
Craig
I stumbled upon the answer to this common problem after hours of
searching.
You first have to log on to your exchange server and open the EXCHANGE
SYSTEM MANAGER. Follow these next steps to navigate to the free/busy
file.
-Expand ADMINISTRATIVE GROUPS
-Expand YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (your domain)
-Expand SERVERS
-Expand YOUR EXCHANGE SERVER
-Expand FIRST STORAGE GROUP
-Expand PUBLIC FOLDER STORE (your domain)
-Click PUBLIC FOLDERS to show files in the right side frame
-Click on a file that reads Schedule+ Free Busy Information - YOUR
DOMAIN
-Right-Click and select Properties
-Select the replication TAB
-If there is no information listed in the "Replicate content to these
public stores", then this is your problem. This means that your mail
server is not getting a copy of the data. The mail server needs the
data so that it can update it and thus get rid of that ridiculous
message.
-Click the ADD button and add your mail server to the public stores
list.
While this will make the message go away, you still will not be able
to schedule any of your co-workers for a meeting. In order to do so,
you need to clean the data first; unfortunately at the client level.
The command is as follows: "Outlook /cleanfreebusy". At the client
level, hit start, run and type the command.
In order to make it easier on yourself, create a batch file and insert
it as a log on script in Active Directory(Usually a folder called
SYSLOGON that resides on your server running Active Directory), by
selecting the properties of a given user and then clicking on the
Profile TAB. If you already have a logon script, you will need to
create the batch file and put it in the same directory (SYSLOGON) as
the existing logon script and simply call your new file from the
existing.
My logon script looked something like this:
***********
***********
***********
call clean.bat (name of my batch file)
The code for the batch file is as follows:
"Start Outlook /cleanfreebusy"
You will need to log off and log on. You will know that it is working
if Outlook starts automatically.
Good luck and I hope this works!
Feel free to email me with any questions.
Regards,
Craig
searching.
You first have to log on to your exchange server and open the EXCHANGE
SYSTEM MANAGER. Follow these next steps to navigate to the free/busy
file.
-Expand ADMINISTRATIVE GROUPS
-Expand YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (your domain)
-Expand SERVERS
-Expand YOUR EXCHANGE SERVER
-Expand FIRST STORAGE GROUP
-Expand PUBLIC FOLDER STORE (your domain)
-Click PUBLIC FOLDERS to show files in the right side frame
-Click on a file that reads Schedule+ Free Busy Information - YOUR
DOMAIN
-Right-Click and select Properties
-Select the replication TAB
-If there is no information listed in the "Replicate content to these
public stores", then this is your problem. This means that your mail
server is not getting a copy of the data. The mail server needs the
data so that it can update it and thus get rid of that ridiculous
message.
-Click the ADD button and add your mail server to the public stores
list.
While this will make the message go away, you still will not be able
to schedule any of your co-workers for a meeting. In order to do so,
you need to clean the data first; unfortunately at the client level.
The command is as follows: "Outlook /cleanfreebusy". At the client
level, hit start, run and type the command.
In order to make it easier on yourself, create a batch file and insert
it as a log on script in Active Directory(Usually a folder called
SYSLOGON that resides on your server running Active Directory), by
selecting the properties of a given user and then clicking on the
Profile TAB. If you already have a logon script, you will need to
create the batch file and put it in the same directory (SYSLOGON) as
the existing logon script and simply call your new file from the
existing.
My logon script looked something like this:
***********
***********
***********
call clean.bat (name of my batch file)
The code for the batch file is as follows:
"Start Outlook /cleanfreebusy"
You will need to log off and log on. You will know that it is working
if Outlook starts automatically.
Good luck and I hope this works!
Feel free to email me with any questions.
Regards,
Craig