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[SpideySMJ]

Have an interesting problem. We recently migrated from exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. One of our users has started complaining that she can only see two months worth of any users Free/Busy Time when scheduling a meeting. Beyond that, she just sees the slash marks. She "says" this is preventing her from making reocurring meetings. After banging my head against this thing for a few days I realized that there was a setting within Outlook that determines how many months of Free/Busy Information to store on the server. I changed mine and she was able to see beyond the 2 months. So I know this is the problem. The issue now is, how can I change this globally for all users...or is there even a way?

FYI: She is in a remote location and I am waiting on a screenshot of her "supposed" error message when creating a meeting.

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[MikeBatters]

What version of Desktop O/S and Office are you running?

I beleive that you can change this in later version of Office using Group Policies.

 

[SpideySMJ]

At the very least we are running Windows 2000 with all the latest SP and Office 2000. Shouldn't be anything older than that.

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[icsboi]

SpideySMJ>

As Mike told you, you can either:

1. Change set-up through GPO (e.g. deploy registry key)

2. Create a MST file for office which should include this option and deploy it again.

Cheers,
Robert

 

[MikeBatters]

I am not sure how detailed you can go with the std Office2000 Group Policy.

You may have to write your own ADM template file to modify the key that is changed when you modify the time period.

Use something like sysinternals RegMon to monitor the key as it is changed when you do it through outlook.

Then you can create an ADM file to match this and use it to apply the change across the board.

 

[icsboi]

Mike>

What about following procedure:

1. find registry key to achieve it
2. Test it
3. If it is ok, deploy just this registry key through GPOs.

Robert

 

[SpideySMJ]

Excellent! A few things for me to try. Thanks everyone!

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[strongm]

You can indeed do it through a GPO

Asuming that you've got the Ofcie 2000 ADM files installed into a GPO, you just need to look at: User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Outlook 2000/Tools | Options/Preferences/Calendar Options/Free/Busy Options/Options

 

[MikeBatters]

Well theres an answer from someone who has a 2000 ADM File to hand. Nice one strongm.

Saves any thoughts of writing your own GP ADMs.