Setting Up Group Calendaring with MyServer

Within Outlook (not Outlook Express), go into Tools then Options then Calendaring.  Within the Calendaring options, look for the "Resource Scheduling..." button.  Set the following options:-
  • Automatically accept meeting requests and process cancellations
  • Automatically decline conflicting meeting requests

Click "OK".

Next within the "Free/Busy Options" section, click on the ""Free/Busy..." button, then within this screen set these following options:-

  • Publish "3" months of free/busy information on the server
  • Update free/busy information on the server every "1" minutes
  • Tick Publish my free/busy information
  • Publish at this URL:  file://10.01.201/calendar/<domain-name>/<name>.vfb
  • Search at this URL:  http://calendar.markandrewsmith.net/%SERVER%/%NAME%.vfb

Click "OK" three times.

Now to prime the system, find the menu item:-

  • "Tools" then "Send/Receive -> Free/Busy Information"