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by techrepublic.patgourmet

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Hi,

I am struggling to give write access to a user to another user's calendar. It works in Outlook, but not in OWA. In OWA, the effective permissions are only Read: creating ot modifying calendar items does not work. I tried several ways and non of them work.

I know of 3 ways to give permissions to another user:

1- In AD Users and Computers, in the Exchange Advanced tab, go into Mailbox Rights and add the user with the permission "Full mailbox access".

2- In Outlook, delegate via Tools-Options-Delegates.

3- In Outlook, give permissions directly on the folder by right-clicking the folder in Outlook and going into the Permissions tab.

I tried all these 3 ways, and they all effectively lead to Write access when using Outlook to open the other user's calendar, but none of them works when using OWA: all I get via OWA is Read Access (the "Save and CLose" button is grayed out, and I cannot create a new appointment).

I need advice.

Thank you.

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by bill

I also am trying to do this. Does anyone know if OWA will support that? Specifically, I want to give full rights to an assistant so that they can create appointments on an executives calendar via _OWA_. Note: She can already do it if she is logged into an outlook client, but not via OWA... thanks

by techrepublic.patgourmet

Hi Bill,

Thank you for finding that out on Microsoft's site. Since the article applies to Exchange 2000, I am wondering though if it is also true for Exchange 2003 ? I use Exchange 2003. What about you ?

by bill

I didn't realize that applied to 2000, I am using 2003 also. I gave up and had the user login using the other users credentials... not exactly what I wanted to do. Also, I had a request to see color coded appointments in OWA. Have'nt figured out a way to do either. Would love to hear about it if you find a solution.

In addition, I found this article. But, as you can see, the delegate gets read-only access...
Can I act as a delegate using OWA?

Note: To take advantage of "full" delegate rights, a delegate should use the Outlook 2003 client.

A delegate may respond to meeting requests (accept, decline, etc.) on behalf of someone-meeting notifications will arrive in the OWA Inbox .

A delegate can also view (with permissions) another person's calendar, but cannot make any changes to the calendar. As a delegate, you need to first login to OWA with your own account and then add the following to the end of the URL: Name/calendar (e.g., email.wsu.edu/exchange/Name/calendar), where "Name" is either the person's alias or NID. You can use Outlook to locate the person in the Global Address List, select "Properties", and click on the "Email Addresses" tab. Then verify the "Name" in front of @wsu.edu (e.g., smtp:jane-doe@wsu.edu OR smtp:jdoe@wsu.edu) and use it in place of "Name".

Regards,
Bill

by allansplace

Hi everyone. I have struggled with this for the past three years since using Exchange Server 2003 and Outlook to organize my teaching schedule. I have found a way, but it's not my ideal way. Instead of using my own personal calendar, I have copied it to Public Folders in my Outlook and gave out the web address of IT, instead of MY calendar. (https://webpage.bla/public or https://webpage.bla/public/calendar/?Cmd=contents) (Non-secure http: also works.) No, it's not idea because my own calendar is basically abandoned and, hense, my Outlook Today page in Outlook is rendered useless. I stuck it next to the Internet Usegroups folder. Now my assistant can make all things happen to "my" calendar, and I can set permissions for students to make changes to those Calendar events that they're invited to. Through OWA (Outlook Web Access), they can send changes to their own schedule to me and their classmates, have it accepted or denied, and schedule makeup classes. This is for sure the way to go for me. I hope this helps.

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