Delegate versus Share Folder

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I am SO confused...I have done a lot of reading and researching and am still
not clear on the differences (if there are any) between delegating and
sharing a folder.

It appears to me that they are really the same thing and that semantics is
the issue...i.e., a delegate is someone who presumably acts on your behalf
(i.e., makes and accepts appointments) and if you elect to share your
calendar it is with the idea that they may have a need to know where you are
and what you're up to (i.e., a receptionist). And it also seems that to
assign the appropriate rights to individuals in either scenario is done from
the same place--the permissions tab of the folder's properties.

I've got 30 users who "delegated" access to everyone else in the office
(with various permissions) when what they really wanted to do was to make
their calendar available to anyone who wanted to see it. Chaos is ensuing.

Can someone talk me down off the ledge! Thanks a million...

Karen
 
Karen said:
Outlook 2003 on Exchange Server

I am SO confused...I have done a lot of reading and researching and
am still not clear on the differences (if there are any) between
delegating and sharing a folder.

It appears to me that they are really the same thing and that
semantics is the issue...i.e., a delegate is someone who presumably
acts on your behalf (i.e., makes and accepts appointments) and if you
elect to share your calendar it is with the idea that they may have a
need to know where you are and what you're up to (i.e., a
receptionist). And it also seems that to assign the appropriate
rights to individuals in either scenario is done from the same
place--the permissions tab of the folder's properties.

I've got 30 users who "delegated" access to everyone else in the
office (with various permissions) when what they really wanted to do
was to make their calendar available to anyone who wanted to see it.
Chaos is ensuing.

Can someone talk me down off the ledge! Thanks a million...
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You are correct - all they needed to do is share their calendars/assign
permissions, ideally to a group, not individual users. Delegation is
generally used for when a boss wants an assistant to be able to send mail on
his/her behalf, accept meeting invitations, etc - it does more than what
your users want here, and I'd undo it.
 
They should revoke the delegation (= folder sharing + "send on behalf of"
rights0 and instead, as Lanwench suggested, simply set permissions on the
Properties dialog of the folder they want to share.
 
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