We are running a Windows Small Business Server 2003 with Exchange 2003 SP2 environment in our office. Users have mostly Outlook 2007 installed on their workstations.

 

We have come across a problem that as yet we cannot find a solution to:

 

In our boardroom shared calendars - If someone with rights to create, edit and delete on that calendar creates an appointment and makes that appointment private, they cannot move, amend or cancel that appointment unless they are the owners of that calendar or have ownership rights to it. They also cannot change the appointment to non-private so as to allow them to move the appointment. Now this is not an option for us, because we cannot have everyone viewing everyones private appointments on that calendar.

 

What we need is to have the organizer of any private appointment to be able to shift that appointment around without being the owner of that shared calendar or being able to view other private appointments created by other users in that calendar.

 

Is there anyway we can achieve this?

 

Please note I am told this was not a problem in Outlook 2003 and has become an issue only since our move from outlook 2003 to 2007.

Wrong.. forum?

Glad to know that the tip it T&C forum is so highly esteemed that we now get people registering just to get tech support. Sadly I can't help you, try contacting Microsoft.

Never mind, it got moved and now I feel like an ass.

Seems like the only thing that you can do it either move everyone back to 2003, or upgrade to 2010:

The meeting stays on the organizer's calendar.

The meeting can't be deleted from the organizer's calendar, even if the organizer can't attend, because the organizer is the only one who can change the meeting. This barrier was designed specifically for and implemented into Outlook 2007.

Accidental hurdles: What Outlook can't do

Turning to a game fansite for business IT help should be a last resort, after checking the publisher's support pages, customer support, help forums, and websites intended for businesses to use, instead of being one of the first choices. This answer was literally the very first support item in Outlook 2007's Calender support page.

Turning to a game fansite for business IT help should be a last resort

Indeed, I'd question whether it should be a resort at all. I'd at least go to some furry-themed forums first. Maybe give 4chan a try.

We are running a Windows Small Business Server 2003 with Exchange 2003 SP2 environment in our office. Users have mostly Outlook 2007 installed on their workstations.

 

We have come across a problem that as yet we cannot find a solution to:

 

In our boardroom shared calendars - If someone with rights to create, edit and delete on that calendar creates an appointment and makes that appointment private, they cannot move, amend or cancel that appointment unless they are the owners of that calendar or have ownership rights to it. They also cannot change the appointment to non-private so as to allow them to move the appointment. Now this is not an option for us, because we cannot have everyone viewing everyones private appointments on that calendar.

 

What we need is to have the organizer of any private appointment to be able to shift that appointment around without being the owner of that shared calendar or being able to view other private appointments created by other users in that calendar.

 

Is there anyway we can achieve this?

 

Please note I am told this was not a problem in Outlook 2003 and has become an issue only since our move from outlook 2003 to 2007.

 

Move back to Outlook 2003. Problem solved. You are welcome.

Or contact a Microsoft rep and find if 2010 fixes the issue.