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Why is free\busy information unreliable after hybrid migration to Office 365

Office 365 Enterprise E4
Outlook 2010 (downloaded\installed via 365 site)
Migrated from Exchange 2003 on premise to 365 via Hybrid deployment (EX2010)
New users added in on premise AD, then synced using on premise directory sync server
Client Outlook 2010 configured by running through setup onetime (auto discovery), enter username\password, click always remember, done.
Problem is free\busy area. User A invites user B & C to meeting. Can see B free\busy, but for user C, user A gets slash marks with message “No Information, No Free/busy information could be retrieved & you do not have permissions to see the recipient’s free busy.”
In Outlook, if user C opens his calendar permission properties, removes the name “other”, then closes. User A can then see free\busy. I’ve tested this procedure with several other same situations. It takes care of the issue, but always reverts back.
I’ve tested in OWA, and get the same results.
Any troubleshooting tips would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Bob

Vasil Michev (MVP)

What you are describing seems like permission issue. Where are the mailboxes located, all in O365? Just in case, lets start with the hybrid free/busy troubleshooter: http://support.microsoft.com/common/survey.aspx?scid=sw%3ben%3b3526&showpage=1

bobgraf

ASKER

Hello,
All mailboxes are located in O365. We migrated about a year ago, and decommissioned the old on Premise Exchange server. However, all migrated users still have an on premise AD user account, and new users are created on premise. Synced to the cloud via dirsync, then assigned a 365 license via the 365AC. I think you're onto something with the permission issue. But I don't know how to change that, and it seems sporadic. I did run the auto discover utilities, and I believe it looks ok. see attached.
Thank you,
Bob
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Vasil Michev (MVP)

So, what is the output of the following cmdlet against user C?

Get-MailboxFolderPermission userC@domain.com:\Calendar

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bobgraf

ASKER

Hi, here it is:

PS C:\Users\administrator\Desktop> Get-MailboxFolderPermission jnoblitt@isiameri
ca.com:\Calendar

FolderName User AccessRights
---------- ---- ------------
Calendar Default {None}
Calendar Anonymous {None}
Calendar Chris Wineinger {Reviewer}
Calendar Dylan Zielinski {Reviewer}
Calendar Bob Graf {Editor}
Calendar Gavin Barfknecht {Editor}
Calendar Shannon Schill {Reviewer}
Calendar NT:S-1-5-21-20729... {Reviewer}

PS C:\Users\administrator\Desktop>

Vasil Michev (MVP)

Change the Default one to AvailabilityOnly:

Set-MailboxFolderPermission user@domain.com:\Calendar -User Default -AccessRights AvailabilityOnly

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bobgraf

ASKER

Ok, made that change. Original message User A got for user C, was “No Information, No Free/busy information could be retrieved & you do not have permissions to see the recipient’s free busy.”

After the change, the message is “No Information, No Free/busy information could be retrieved & your server location could not be determined. Contact your administrator"

Any other details I can provide, please let me know.

bobgraf

ASKER

Sorry, maybe I spoke to soon. Now it appears user A can access user C free busy. I assume maybe it took some time to replicate? I'll keep an eye on it. If this is the fix, is there a way to do it to the entire GAL? Or does it have to be run individually?

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bobgraf

ASKER

Ok, I'm certain I'm not doing something correct when I run the command. Below is the error I get. I am a very new to Power Shell commands.

PS C:\Users\administrator\Desktop> $calendars = Get-Mailbox -RecipientTypeDetail
s UserMailbox | Get-MailboxFolderStatistics | ? {$_.FolderType -eq "Calendar"} |
select @{n="Identity"; e={$_.Identity.Replace("\",":\")}} $calendars | % {Set-M
ailboxFolderPermission -Identity $_.Identity -User Default -AccessRights Availab
ilityOnly}
Select-Object : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '$
null'.
At line:1 char:133
+ $calendars = Get-Mailbox -RecipientTypeDetails UserMailbox | Get-MailboxFolde
rStatistics | ? {$_.FolderType -eq "Calendar"} | select <<<< @{n="Identity"; e
={$_.Identity.Replace("\",":\")}} $calendars | % {Set-MailboxFolderPermission -
Identity $_.Identity -User Default -AccessRights AvailabilityOnly}
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Select-Object], ParameterB
indingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell
.Commands.SelectObjectCommand

Vasil Michev (MVP)

Those are two different lines of code, paste them separately.

bobgraf

ASKER

It appears that my problem is solved. The first command line took quite a few hours, but after contacting various users, they were no longer getting the security rights error when trying to access others free\busy schedule. Hopefully with this solution, the problem will not come back.
Thank you very much for all the help.
Bob Graf