Group Calendar

[dwessell]

Hi all.. Bear with me, I'm EXTREMLY new to exchange...

I'm using (on thte clients) an IMAP account hosted elsewhere, and I'm
wanting to use Exchange for shared calendar for users on the domain.

I've been told to create a group calendar in the public folders.. But I
have to admit, I can't figure out how.. And I've been searching for
quite some time.. Can someone point me in the right direction?

The second thing is, I created mail accounts for everyone in AD.. Then
shared one of those accounts calendars.. Trying to get the feel of
things..

When a user trys to send a meeting request out, they get a bounce back
that the message is not deliverable...

--

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es)
failed:

u...@mydomain.local
unrouteable mail domain "mydomain.local"
------

Of course, I changed the acutal domain to mydomain in the example
above..

In active directory, they have their email addresses listed, but it's
the actual IMAP email address, not the exchange one..

On each machine, they have a profile, in that profile is the IMAP
account, and the exchange account..

Any help would be greatly welcome.

Thanks
David

 

[BenChristian]

I'll help you out with your first question. To create a calender folder in the public folder tree, you actually need to create it in Outlook. Right click on the folder that you want to create the calendar folder in and select new folder. In the 'Folder Contains' drop-down you can specify what kind of items will be used in the folder. In your case you need to select 'Calendar Items'.

http://www.benchristian.com

 

[dwessell]

Thanks Ben.. That's much appreciated.. I was digging around the server, and not finding a thing.. I guess that's why..

When I go to do it.. I'm told that I don't have the right permissions to create a folder. Is this something that would be controlled in AD user settings?

Thanks
David

 

[BenChristian]

The permissions to pubic folders can be managed either using Outlook or using the Exchange System Manager. There is a specific right that allows users to create sub folders.

http://www.benchristian.com

 

[dwessell]

Ah hah! Well.. The only Outlook login I have is a normal user, so I can't make the change now (I just setup a VPN server).. But when I get back to the server, I'll open the Systems Manager, and make the change. Thanks for your time.

Now if I can find an answer for the other question, I'll be all set.

Thanks
David