How can I determine the free/busy server in Outlook 2003?

[Tim Murray]

My corporate customer changes the Exchange mail server and the free/busy
server from time to time. It's changed automatically in Outlook, but as an
Macintosh Entourage user corporate IT won't help me at all -- and so I need
to determine it myself so I can key it in manually.

So... Is there a way I can find the free/busy server name in Outlook 2003, in
the registry (of Win 2000), or elsewhere?

TIA.

 

[Brian Tillman]

My corporate customer changes the Exchange mail server and the
free/busy server from time to time. It's changed automatically in
Outlook, but as an Macintosh Entourage user corporate IT won't help
me at all -- and so I need to determine it myself so I can key it in
manually.

So... Is there a way I can find the free/busy server name in Outlook
2003, in the registry (of Win 2000), or elsewhere?

Didn't you ask this already?

 

[Tim Murray]

Didn't you ask this already?

Yes, but to a different set of forums. And I'm sure the answer is out there.

 

[Ed Crowley [MVP]]

If you're asking about Exchange 2003 and earleir, the Free/Busy data is in a
System Public folder. When running Outlook 2003 hold Ctrl, click the
Outlook icon in the system tray, and then select Connection Status. In the
connection status, you can see the servers Outlook is using for Public
Folders. If you're connecting to more than one public folder store, you'll
have to figure out or guess which one is being used for free/busy data. I
don't believe that there is any special connection for free/busy data, I
believe Outlook just looks for a replica like with any other public folder
content.

 

[Tim Murray]

When running Outlook 2003 hold Ctrl, click the Outlook icon in the
system tray, and then select Connection Status.

That was it! Thanks much.