I'm so disappointed with what MS did to Outlook 2007 with regards to
labels and categories. Our company has been using public calendars for
many years. We use labels to color code various events. The fact that
these label lists are part of the calendar object is very important to
us. It allows us to create a unique list/color coding for each
calendar instance. This has become a standard for us. With Outlook
2007 eliminating labels but adding color to categories, I was
concerned but thought we could make it work with the new colored
categories.

As it turns out, there's no way we can. The problem is that the
categories are now stored as a hidden item in the default calendar
folder. Seems like a good idea, categories are now consistent for the
user regardless of what client they use. But this means that the
categories are personal and there is no way to export/import the list
through the registry as in past versions. Big mistake...I'm all for
simplifying things but this change actually makes thing more
difficult.

So by eliminating the labels and by killing access to the categories,
there is no public/company-wide way to color code calendar events/
appointments. All they had to do is extend this idea to all calendar
objects, individually, and allow the object owner(s) to manage the
list (just like with labels). Ideally the owner could start from his
master categories and customize from there.

...Wow...unbelievable...I know that MS wants to phase-out public
folders and force everyone to sharepoint but come on. Surely MS must
realize that outlook is more than just a personal email
client...right?

So I will be rolling back our 75 seats to 2003 until MS hopefully
fixes this. Surely I'm not the only one with this problem...