How do I share my own Calendar and Contacts

NOTE - Calendar and Contact informatio cannot be shared separately. If you share your Calendar, you will also share your contacts, and vice versa

To share Calendar and Contacts, you will need to:

  • Set the Sharing Setting for the calendar
  • Select the friends you wish to allow access to you calendar

1. Setting the Global Sharing Settings

In Webmail, select Settings -> Calendar Settings

NOTE - The Sharing Setting selected here overrides any Sharing set for particular Event/Task/Note/Contact.

If 'Private' is selected nothing will be shared even if a particular Event/Task/Note/Contact has Sharing set to Public.

If 'Friends' is selected, then only accounts that you specify as Friends may view the entries.

If 'Friends & Public' is selected, then Friends will have access and, if the Public calendar option is enabled on the server, the Public URL will be available at the address specified.

2. Selecting your Friends

Click the My Friends link (below the Public URL in the above graphic. The Add Friends dialog will open

You can click the Address Book button too add users from your address book or you can type the address directly into the text box.

Select the Calendar Privilege for the user (described below) and click the Add button

Repeat for all your Friends

WebMail Add Friends

There are three types of rivilege which may be assigned to a Friend

Option

Description

View

Public entries and "Show as Busy" Events are shared

View/Modify

View and modify all entries except those marked as private.

Add entries

Full Control

View and modify all entries

Add entries

Accounts assigned appropriate permissions may set either Webmail or Outlook to show agenda.