Entourage 2008 & iCal sync not keeping free / busy status for events

[Thelma]

On a campus using Exchange 2007, I am using Entourage 2008 and sync to
iCal 3.0.2 (Leopard) via Sync Services in Entourage's preferences.
Both Exchange 2007 and Entourage 2008 have only been installed in the
last two months.

I have found that events which I mark as "free" in Entourage 2008 are
changed to "busy" after a sync with iCal. The free / busy status is
correct when the sync with Exchange takes place, but the status is
incorrectly changed to busy every time the iCal sync takes place.

I need to put campus events, co-worker planned absences, and similar
things on my calendar, but these items need to remain as "free" so
that I can be scheduled during those times. This all worked correctly
with Entourage 2004 and the older version of Exchange.

Does anyone know how to correct this behavior so that the free / busy
status is not changed with a sync to iCal?

 

[William Smith]

On a campus using Exchange 2007, I am using Entourage 2008 and sync to
iCal 3.0.2 (Leopard) via Sync Services in Entourage's preferences.
Both Exchange 2007 and Entourage 2008 have only been installed in the
last two months.

I sync my Exchange Server 2003 calendar with iCal and don't see this
behavior. The difference in servers shouldn't be a factor.

Can you provide step-by-step instructions for reproducing your problem?
Are you also syncing with .Mac? If so, try turning that off.

You might also try emptying your Exchange Calendar cache and resyncing
form the server by right-clicking or Control-clicking your Exchange
Calendar, selecting Folder Properties and clicking the Empty button.

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
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