Viewing other schedules w/o Exchange

[Guest]

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 .

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you looked into Small Business Server, available from OEMs with a
Windows 2003 server purchase for about $800 with 5 Client Access Licenses?
I don't know about the 2007 versions yet but I would presume the offerings
would be similar.

SBS offers Exchange as well as SharePoint for small families (many are
trying it out and finding it works extremely well) and can be configured by
your OEM (such as Dell or Gateway) to set up your home network to use the
advanced features that SBS offers.

Just a thought which you are free to ignore. If you want more information,
see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx


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After furious head scratching, Jonathan asked:

| 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

 

[Guest]

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