Using Microsoft's Free/Busy service in Outlook 2000

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Tim - 09 Jan 2004 12:37 GMT

In Outlook 2003 it is possible to select (in free/busy
options) the option "Publish and search using Microsoft
Office Internet Free/Busy service".

In Outlook 2000 you are only able to put a "Publish at my
location".

Does anyone know the url that could be placed in that box
in order for Outlook 2000 to function with the free/busy
service hosted by Microsoft ?

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 15 Jan 2004 04:53 GMT

I don't believe Outlook 2000 has the extra bits needed to do the
authentication to the MS IF/B service.

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> In Outlook 2003 it is possible to select (in free/busy
> options) the option "Publish and search using Microsoft
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> in order for Outlook 2000 to function with the free/busy
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Tim - 27 Jan 2004 13:56 GMT

Thanks Sue.

We have tried publishing to a local file using

file://servername/Ascari/FreeBusy/tim.surname.vfb

But Outlook 2000 does not publish this information at
all. Have you (or anyone else) managed to do this ?

Tim.

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 27 Jan 2004 20:38 GMT

I never had much luck with local IFB. Does the information at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279121 help?

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Tim - 28 Jan 2004 18:16 GMT

Unfortunately not - we have all the latest service packs. I've tried on XP
Home (Outlook 2000) and XP Professional (Outlook 2000) and still nothing is
published.

I wonder if ANYONE has this working or whether it was a feature put into
Outlook 2000 but not supported properly until Outlook 2002 ?

Tim.

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> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279121 help?
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