RE: [WinMac] Outlook Exchange Mac Client seeing Calendars

Gregory Hammond(gregh[at]trinetgroup.com)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:13:13 -0800

No argument that this is not an exact comparison. I wasn't suggesting a
stringent test comparison....only a solution from my perspective. Fact is,
as a Mac user, the Outlook calendar client works fine, and I think it's
better than the PC Outlook calendar client, which is a weak sister in my
view. When I first began using a WinNT machine, I quit using Outlook as a
calendar client after about 4 days. Schedule+ just seems better and more
robust for group use.

Although a few of our users here use their Outlook calendars, those who
really want group scheduling features rely on Schedule+. I'm not saying that
you should do the same, and I'm not suggesting that what Microsoft has done
is good enough. I would much prefer a better Mac client also. But this Mac
client can fully interact with the other clients that we both use. In
effect, I have all the functionality in my situation that you say you're
looking for.

FWIW, I just went to my VPC, opened Outlook 97 [not 98 or 2000] changed my
default calendar client to Outlook, imported my files from Schedule+, and
then tried the same test described in my previous message. Voila! I can see
the Outlook 97 changes in my Mac Outlook calendar client. It could be that
this is a quirky side effect of using VPC, but in any case, it's not the
indictment of the Mac client that was originally suggested on this list.

> ----------
> From: Larry Larraga
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 18:49
> To: Gregory Hammond; The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] Outlook Exchange Mac Client seeing Calendars
>
> We're all using Outlook 98 or 2000 on PCs not Schedule+. I don't believe
> that's an equivalent test to my situation.
>
> Larry Larraga
>
> ----------
> >From: Gregory Hammond <gregh@trinetgroup.com>
> >Subject: RE: [WinMac] Outlook Exchange Mac Client seeing Calendars
> >Date: Thu, Mar 25, 1999, 6:41 PM
> >
>
> > This seems strange, and I guess I disagree, because I DO know that I can
> > create entries in the Virtual PC Schedule+ client which I can see in
> > near-real-time on my Mac client AND vice-versa. In fact, I use my VPC
> > side
> > to create many entries and to synchronize my REX-Pro. For example, I
> > just
> > went into my Schedule+/Win95 VPC client, created a new event, synched,
> > and
> > then went back over to my Mac Outlook client, synched, and everything
> > was
> > there.
> >
> > Here's what else I know: my original calendar was created on my Dell
> > Latitude CP; when I installed Service Pack 2 on my test PPC6100/66, and
> > then
> > logged in, all the appointments were there. So, this isn't simply about
> > Virtual PC
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: Larry Larraga
> >> Reply To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 12:10
> >> To: 'The Windows-MacOS cooperation list'
> >> Subject: [WinMac] Outlook Exchange Mac Client seeing Calendars
> >>
> >> 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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> >>
> >
>

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