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I need to create a shared calendar for our organization in O365 but I am having some trouble. I thought I set everything up correctly but when I try to view the calendar in Outlook, it is not showing as a calendar but it looks like a mailbox.
I went into O365 admin, Exchange admin center, public folders and created the public folder called "Office Schedule". Then under "Office Schedule" and set permissions for myself and one other user. Under that I created a subfolder called "Calendar" as the other shared calendars in my office (previously created by someone else) were set up.
Then I went into public folder mailboxes and added "Office Schedule PFMailbox" as the other previously created shared calendars appeared to be set up, they all say "Secondary Hierarchy".
When I went into my Outlook and went to "Public Folders" the new "Office Schedule" was there along with the rest of the shared calendars under All Public Folders, however, when I expand the Office Schedule folder to reveal the Calendar, the Calendar shows a small blue + sign like the parent folder has, while all the other shared calendars I have show an actual calendar icon with a 2 way blue arrow.
Can someone help me figure out what I am doing wrong?
I went into O365 admin, Exchange admin center, public folders and created the public folder called "Office Schedule". Then under "Office Schedule" and set permissions for myself and one other user. Under that I created a subfolder called "Calendar" as the other shared calendars in my office (previously created by someone else) were set up.
Then I went into public folder mailboxes and added "Office Schedule PFMailbox" as the other previously created shared calendars appeared to be set up, they all say "Secondary Hierarchy".
When I went into my Outlook and went to "Public Folders" the new "Office Schedule" was there along with the rest of the shared calendars under All Public Folders, however, when I expand the Office Schedule folder to reveal the Calendar, the Calendar shows a small blue + sign like the parent folder has, while all the other shared calendars I have show an actual calendar icon with a 2 way blue arrow.
Can someone help me figure out what I am doing wrong?
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I can't right click on Office Schedule when I'm in public folders. The only way to create the subfolder called "calendar" is to click on Office Schedule and then click the + sign to add a new public folder that I named Calendar. I just did this to copy what I saw under the other shared calendars we had.
Same thing with the pubic folder mailboxes, I was just copying what I saw on the other shared calendars, I wasn't sure why I'd need to create the public folder mailbox but I was trying to copy what was there on other calendars.
I don't see any options to select "Calendar items" or an area for "Folder contains". The only option I have is to go into the Office Schedule public folder and click + which only lets me create the subfolder with Name and Path. This is all in the Exchange Admin Center under public folders, I wasn't sure if there was another area I needed to be in to accomplish this.
Same thing with the pubic folder mailboxes, I was just copying what I saw on the other shared calendars, I wasn't sure why I'd need to create the public folder mailbox but I was trying to copy what was there on other calendars.
I don't see any options to select "Calendar items" or an area for "Folder contains". The only option I have is to go into the Office Schedule public folder and click + which only lets me create the subfolder with Name and Path. This is all in the Exchange Admin Center under public folders, I wasn't sure if there was another area I needed to be in to accomplish this.
g8 create a shared mailbox as I stated earlier
You could have created a shared mailbox and named it Office Schedule - Calendar
YOu could have then set the permissions needed on the calendar of that shared mailbox
Your necessary users could have then added that shared calendar to their outlook
You could have created a shared mailbox and named it Office Schedule - Calendar
YOu could have then set the permissions needed on the calendar of that shared mailbox
Your necessary users could have then added that shared calendar to their outlook
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FOX, I will try that tomorrow. That certainly sounds easier but I was hoping to figure out how to set it up the way all our other shared calendars and contacts are setup. Not sure why I can't get it to work, I feel like it was close, just have to figure out how to make it a calendar instead of a malbox.
g8rcub, I'm talking about using the Outlook client, not the EAC. PFs in general are managed via the client.
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Vasil, thank you, that worked. I didn't realize public folders were managed at the client. Also, when I had gone in and right clicked that folder in Outlook yesterday, the option for Calendar items was actually hidden, I had to scroll up and found it. Now when I go back into EAC, public folders, Office Schedule, the calendar I created in Outlook is showing as the subfolder. I will remember this for next time. Now I will add permissions and get everyone set up. Thanks!
YOu could have then set the permissions needed on the calendar of that shared mailbox
Your necessary users could have then added that shared calendar to their outlook