Viewing other schedules w/o Exchange

[Jonathan]

All,
I am trying Outlook2007 and OneNote2007 for my upcoming teaching year (fifth
grade). As a standalone user I will not run Exchange, of course. (Our state
adopted Lotus Notes but no one uses any of the advanced features in that
system. I just have to use Notes to get my offiicial e-mail and will try to
set it up that all mail actually goes out of my Outlook client...)

I want to have some of the benefits of schedule overlay, especially for the
schedules of my wife and daughter so when the need to schedule after-school
meetings with other teachers, admin, etc. I get a quick look at potential
conflicts. (I wish we had something like Exchange for the teachers but some
just don't want to work with computers.) I know this would probably mean I
would have to enter all the info about wife and daughter's calendars.

However, could my wife use Outlook on her computer and

Anyway, how can I do this without Exchange server? I do have web server
space that could be used for this if there is a workaround that would allow
my wife to get info in .

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Have you tried the "Send My Calendar via E-mail" or "Publish My Calendar" commands on the Calendar navigation pane in Outlook 2007. Both are designed to provide calendar sharing features without Exchange.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Jonathan]

Wow, I hunted through the 2007 Help files and tried to use a Outlook2003 book
as a guide to know where to look but missed those references. I will check
that out. We are not a high-end family scheduling probelm -- only one of us
is working and we only have one 12-year-old daughter so I can't see setting
up even a "baby" Exchange server, but thanks for the reference, anyway.

As a comment on Outlook and OneNote Help files in general, I wish they were
more "task" oriented. I know that's more work and more money. I have done
that work (write on-line Help) so I have been there.

Thanks again for the pointers. I will give feedback on results.

Jonathan

Jonathan

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Help is unfinished, but the topics that are already published invite your feedback.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers