Bug? Change default permission to Show Free/Busy Time

[SapientSteve]

I need to be able to let people at the university where I work see my
calendar schedule without details. People should be able to know when they
can come in and talk with me (times that I am not busy), but they should not
be able to see the details of my other appointments. I don't want to require
people to use the meeting assistant. This was easy with Outlook 2003. The
radio button options exist to be able to do exactly this (Calendar
Properties, Permissions), but it does not work. I can either show everyone
all of my details, or else they cannot see anything (my calendar looks
blank). I have worked with our department, and they verify that these buttons
do not seem to work. This looks like a bug to me. Can it really be that these
don't work? Any ideas?

Many thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Version of Outlook and Exchange?

Did you try giving them None permission?

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Tools->Options->Calendar Options->Planner Options-> what is checked for
showing calendar details in the grid?

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After furious head scratching, SapientSteve asked:

| I need to be able to let people at the university where I work see my
| calendar schedule without details. People should be able to know when
| they can come in and talk with me (times that I am not busy), but
| they should not be able to see the details of my other appointments.
| I don't want to require people to use the meeting assistant. This was
| easy with Outlook 2003. The radio button options exist to be able to
| do exactly this (Calendar Properties, Permissions), but it does not
| work. I can either show everyone all of my details, or else they
| cannot see anything (my calendar looks blank). I have worked with our
| department, and they verify that these buttons do not seem to work.
| This looks like a bug to me. Can it really be that these don't work?
| Any ideas?
|
| Many thanks.