Re: New to Exchange. How to setup Outlook Shared Calendars.

I could write a book on why Exchange is infinitely better than POP/ PSTs,
but I've lost the argument twice this week so I'll spare you.

I wouldn't say you "lost" either, just didn't convince them. But then
neither did a slew of others.

--
/kj
"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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So you're using Outlook now? If your users are set up conventionally with
the SBS wizard, you should be able to do this. You can start using public
folders now, then transition to the Exchange Server databases instead of
PSTs, and using Exchange instead of separately configured POP accounts,
whenever you're ready. I could write a book on why Exchange is infinitely
better than POP/ PSTs, but I've lost the argument twice this week so I'll
spare you.

Open Outlook and view the Folder List. At or near the bottom of the list,
do you see Public Folders? If so, you're in business. Expand Public
Folders and right-click All Public Folders. Click New Folder. Give the
new folder an appropriate name, and choose the appropriate content type -
in your case "Calendar Items."

Now right-click the newly created folder and click Properties. On the
Permissions tab, set the permission for Default to be whatever you want
everyone in your organization to have. This will prevent you from having
to manually configure permissions for those you want to have the minimum
rights to the folder. The if you have users you want to have greater
rights than the Default, add the users or groups with the appropriate
permissions. For anyone you want to be able to change permissions, you
have go give them Owner permissions.

Hopefully you will find many good uses for public folders. We have
several calendars, but our most-used one is a shared Contacts folder where
we keep all our address and phone number information.

Ha - I just went to send this and the Outlook spell checker wants to
change "PSTs" to "pests."


"Purtech" <mikek(remove)@hlit.net> wrote in message
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My organization has Windows 2003 SBS Premium. We use an outside hosting
company for our email and do not plan on hosting internally.

I know Exchange is installed, but that is it. Nothing configured. How do
I set it up so we can share Outlook 2003 calendars and maybe other
things?

-- I talked to a MVP in the Exchange Setup and Installation he said I
should post here. He said using outside email sources and setting up
shared calendars would be "icky" and he told me to get away from PST's.
How can I configure Exchange and an Outlook 2003 client to start seeing
how "icky" it will be? I want to keep local PST's but start phasing in
using Exchange to share calendars in Outlook, first. Later contacts.

Thanks!

Mike


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His words:

purtech <purtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Lanwench:

We get about 1.5 Meg down 256 up. More or less. Probably less than
more. Cable modem.

That would probably work. You could always look into 'mailbagging' -
ETRN,
so forth.... what you're doing now is probably even less efficient when
it
comes to bandwidth, as all your clients are individually
downloading/uploading mail. SBS comes with a POP connector, even - I'm
not a
fan of those, but it would be better than your current setup.

OH...so we can't use our PST's even if it is just sharing calendars,
right?

Right, and you really shouldn't use them at all.

I am trying to share calendars, at the very least, in the enterprise.
I got SBS for that reason. But we have to use an outside ISP in the
mean time.

You don't have to!

So...I knew Outlook Express had profiles, but not Outlook 2003. Can
we use one PST for the outside mail, etc., then another profile for
shared calendars?

Do not use PST files. Just use the Exchange mailbox. Even if you want to
use
Internet mail in Outlook, which I think is a very bad idea, you don't
need
to use PST files. See
http://www.exchangefaq.org/faq/Exchange-5.5/Why-PST-=-BAD-/q/Why-PST-=-BAD/qid/1209



Anyway, simply wanting to share calendars now - while using Outside
provider for email.

Possible?

Yes, but icky. As I said, this is not efficient. The real problem you're
having is that you're using PST files.

I suggest you post SBS questions in microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs -
you'll get a lot of help in there.






Thanks!





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