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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Calendaring / July 2007Free/Busy Posted to Server
Since we are not utilizing an MS Exchange server, I thought the next best thing would be to publish free/busy info to our server. I was able to post my info, but when someone uses that same server path under my contact setup, Outlook does not find the free/busy info. What am I doing wrong? Joe B Version of Outlook? How are you publishing it? Does the other user have the necessary permissions?  SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Since we are not utilizing an MS Exchange server, I thought the next best > thing would be to publish free/busy info to our server. I was able to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joe B Outlook 2003. I am actually testing it on my own machine, so I set up a dummy contact and attached my calendar file path to it. I published it using Tools>Options>Calendar Options>Free/Busy Options>Publish at my location. > Version of Outlook? How are you publishing it? Does the other user have the > necessary permissions? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > > Joe B did you make a dummy outlook profile for the other contact and test with that? what path did you enter? SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Outlook 2003. I am actually testing it on my own machine, so I set up a > dummy contact and attached my calendar file path to it. I published it [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > >> > Joe B No, I don't think outlook is that smart. It should simply be looking for the free/busy file for that contact as entered in the contact's info. I will try to be more clear on what I did. My profile - I published my free/busy time using Tools>Options>Calendar Options>Free/Busy Options>Publish at my location. I entered "file://\\server\folder\calendar.vfb" This worked. My vfb showed up on the server in that location. Test (dummy) contact - Following the instructions from MS knowledge base article 827775, under this Test contact, on the details tab, in the Internet Free-busy address box I entered "file://\\server\folder\calendar.vfb" This does not seem to work. Any suggestions on where the error lies? > did you make a dummy outlook profile for the other contact and test with > that? what path did you enter? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >> > > >> > Joe B the dummy needs to log into outlook and let outlook upload his FB so you have something to see... SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > No, I don't think outlook is that smart. It should simply be looking for > the [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Joe B How does Outlook know the file was not uploaded by the dummy contact? Is there a qualifier that links that F/B file to only my profile? Seems to me that Outlook should load the F/B file it is pointed to under the contact's info. In fact, I created a new contact with my information and it won't load the file either. There must be something wrong in the path that tells Outlook where to look for the information, but I followed Microsoft's directions. Any other ideas? > the dummy needs to log into outlook and let outlook upload his FB so you > have something to see... [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Joe B Hmmm...ok, this is strange. I had a couple of coworkers try to set this up and here are the results: Coworker using Outlook 2007: worked just fine Coworker using Outlook 2003: does not work. Won't load F/B info. Not sure why it works with one and not the other > the dummy needs to log into outlook and let outlook upload his FB so you > have something to see... [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Joe B
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