[WinMac] Outlook Exchange Mac Client seeing Calendars


Larry Larraga(larry[at]udel.edu)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:10:24 -0500


Here's what my testing shows:
Exchange Server 5.5SP2
Outlook 98 or 2000 on NT or Win98
Outlook for Power Mac Client Exchange Server Edition 8.1 (SP2)
A calendar created on a PC by one user can be viewed by another user (give
appropriate permissions) in Calendar format on the Mac client (using the
Calendar icon in the Outlook Bar of the Mac client).
That calendar *cannot* be viewed by the user that created/owns it on the PC
platform from the Mac client (the calendar is empty). The calendar entries
can be viewed, though in a "mailbox" format with much information missing,
by clicking the Calendar icon in the folder list in the Inbox view.
So, I'm larry in the Exchange Server. I create and maintain a calendar on my
PC using Outlook 2000. I give joe Permissions (under Properties on the
Calendar) to edit or peruse my Calendar.
Joe can open the Mac client, open the Calendar from the icon on the Outlook
Bar, then choose "open other's appointment book" from the File menu, choose
larry from the user list and see my Calendar in Calendar format.
If I (larry) go to my Mac, opening the Calendar from the icon on the Outlook
Bar yields a blank calendar (or it will show only what was input from the
Mac client). I can see a whole list of calendar items from the PC by
clicking the Calendar icon in my Mailbox list of folders, but the
information there is in next to useless form.
So, the cross-platform calendar integration seems to work. You just can't be
a user that wants to get at your Calendar from your PC *and* Mac.
Comments?

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