I hope I can ask this question correctly. I will be transitioning from Exchange 2003 to E2k7. I have a mix of Outlook 2003 and 2007 clients. I do not currently use Public Folders much at all and would prefer to not use them in E2k7 since they are not really supported. However... I was told Outlook 2003 clients would not be able to view Calendar Free/Busy information from a E2k7 server is the Public Folders were not in use. Is this true? Am I misunderstanding what is going on here? I guess the question is - If I have no Public Folders at all in my E2k7 deployment, will my Outlook 2003 clients still be able to schedule meetings and view Free/Busy data? Thanks.
See below. "Glen" wrote in message news:65379B1B-6379-473C-8759-54A168161BAB@microsoft.com... >I hope I can ask this question correctly. > I will be transitioning from Exchange 2003 to E2k7. I have a mix of > Outlook > 2003 and 2007 clients. I do not currently use Public Folders much at all > and > would prefer to not use them in E2k7 since they are not really supported. > However... > I was told Outlook 2003 clients would not be able to view Calendar > Free/Busy > information from a E2k7 server is the Public Folders were not in use. Is > this true? Am I misunderstanding what is going on here? Yes, you're correct. Outlook versions prior to 2007 need a Public Folder store for Free/Busy data. > I guess the question is - If I have no Public Folders at all in my E2k7 > deployment, will my Outlook 2003 clients still be able to schedule > meetings > and view Free/Busy data? No. You have to keep a PF store around. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945602 for more details.
Thanks. That is good information. "Michael Dragone" wrote: > See below. > > "Glen" wrote in message > news:65379B1B-6379-473C-8759-54A168161BAB@microsoft.com... > >I hope I can ask this question correctly. > > I will be transitioning from Exchange 2003 to E2k7. I have a mix of > > Outlook > > 2003 and 2007 clients. I do not currently use Public Folders much at all > > and > > would prefer to not use them in E2k7 since they are not really supported. > > However... > > I was told Outlook 2003 clients would not be able to view Calendar > > Free/Busy > > information from a E2k7 server is the Public Folders were not in use. Is > > this true? Am I misunderstanding what is going on here? > > Yes, you're correct. Outlook versions prior to 2007 need a Public Folder > store for Free/Busy data. > > > I guess the question is - If I have no Public Folders at all in my E2k7 > > deployment, will my Outlook 2003 clients still be able to schedule > > meetings > > and view Free/Busy data? > > No. You have to keep a PF store around. See > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945602 for more details. > >
