Sync Exchange Calendar with PST calendar over Internet

[John]

Hi,

Our new Mayor wants to be able to synchronise an Outlook Calendar on her
home computer with a Calendar that the CEO's Personal Assistant can
maintain. She uses Outlook on her home computer for personal mail and
doesn't want that to be on the Exchange system which prevents my first
choice of setting her up as a Terminal Server user so she can connect to the
Exchange server in a session like many of our staff do.

What options are available to me? She is concerned only with the Calendar
and wants the PA and herself to see the same items in the Calendar and both
able to make new appointments. She has a reasonably quick Wireless Internet
connection at home.

Thanks,

John

 

[Brian Tillman]

Our new Mayor wants to be able to synchronise an Outlook Calendar on
her home computer with a Calendar that the CEO's Personal Assistant
can maintain. She uses Outlook on her home computer for personal mail
and doesn't want that to be on the Exchange system which prevents my
first choice of setting her up as a Terminal Server user so she can
connect to the Exchange server in a session like many of our staff do.

"I want to be able to drive my car but use the engine in my neighbor's car
without putting in my car." Does that make sense? Of course not. Without
connecting to the Exchange server, there's no way she'll be able to see the
Exchange-based calendar she seeks. However, it's fairly easy to have two
mail profiles, one for the Exchange account and one for the personal
account, keeping the two sets of data completely separate. The Exchange
admin should be able to state whether Exchange is configured to allow
outside access. Otherwise, Outlook Web Access may be a way of seeing the
data, while continuing to use Outlook for the personal stuff.

 

[C. Moya]

A bit harsh no? Well, anyway, to answer the poster's question... you can do
it. Here's how I do it. I use Yahoo!'s Sync tool to sync my home Outlook
calendar to Yahoo! Calendar. THEN, in the office, I do the same. Works like
a charm (for me) with the added benefit of being able to access my calendar
from anywhere via Yahoo. If you have a My Yahoo account, you'll find the
Sync option in the top right section of your calendar.

Outlook seriously needs to jump on the anywhere/anytime bandwagon (using
SyncML for instance)... it's ABOUT TIME. Innovation at Microsoft is stuck in
1997 it seems.

 

[Brian Tillman]

A bit harsh no?
No.

Well, anyway, to answer the poster's question... you
can do it. Here's how I do it. I use Yahoo!'s Sync tool to sync my
home Outlook calendar to Yahoo! Calendar. THEN, in the office, I do
the same. Works like a charm (for me) with the added benefit of being
able to access my calendar from anywhere via Yahoo. If you have a My
Yahoo account, you'll find the Sync option in the top right section
of your calendar.

A lot of work for a paltry payoff.

 

[John]

Thank you for both comments. I knew what I was asking was probably unusual
and difficult to do, but I thought if I put it out there a solution might
surface.

John

 

[C. Moya]

A lot of work for a paltry payoff.

A lot of work??? Once you install the sync tool, sync takes a second. Paltry
payoff? Being able to have ONE calendar and access both from the web AND
Outlook without tying all the Outlook clients to Exchange Server is a
godsend. Obviously, you don't have a need for it or have no idea what the
benefits are.

And yes your comment to the OP was harsh. Considering he asked for a
SOLUTION not a lecture on why you think he's stupid. Just my 2c.

 

[C. Moya]

Thank you for both comments. I knew what I was asking was probably unusual
and difficult to do, but I thought if I put it out there a solution might
surface.

John

I don't think it's an unusual request. Just a convenience that people gave
up on long long ago. By the way, it's not difficult at all. Using a web
calendar like Yahoo Calendar as a "central" middleman when you don't want to
tie one of your offsite computers to Exchange is very easy once you install
the Sync tool.

 

[Brian Tillman]

And yes your comment to the OP was harsh. Considering he asked for a
SOLUTION not a lecture on why you think he's stupid. Just my 2c.

Care to quote for me the part of my message where I said the POSTER was
stupid. Of course, you can't.

 

[C. Moya]

"'I want to be able to drive my car but use the engine in my neighbor's car
without putting in my car.' Does that make sense? Of course not."

The OP asked for a solution. You couldn't give one. No need to lecture them
with stuff like that.

 

[C. Moya]

Just to add. I don't visit these forums often. But I just don't think the
type of answer you gave is helpful. I know when I had a similar question
years and years ago on this exact issue, I would have felt really stupid by
reading "an answer" like yours.
Luckily, I wasn't discouraged and found a solution.

 

[Brian Tillman]

"'I want to be able to drive my car but use the engine in my
neighbor's car without putting in my car.' Does that make sense? Of
course not."

But the OP was posting on berhalf of someone else. It is that someone else
who was asking for something silly, not the OP, as you well know.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Just to add. I don't visit these forums often. But I just don't think
the type of answer you gave is helpful. I know when I had a similar
question years and years ago on this exact issue, I would have felt
really stupid by reading "an answer" like yours.

You must have a thin skin, then.

 

[C. Moya]

But the OP was posting on berhalf of someone else. It is that someone
else who was asking for something silly, not the OP, as you well know.

Sharing a calendar offsite is by no means silly IMO.

 

[John]

Thank you. I'll try that. I'll also look at the suggestion by dlw.

John