Sunday, January 27, 2008

Exchange 2007: OWA and Schedule+Free/Busy folder

During the installation of Mailbox role, the following warning message shows. What does it mean?

Warning:
If Outlook Web Access is in use, you should replicate the free/busy folder on this server to every other free/busy server in the organization. This step should be performed once Setup completes.




DuronServer:Active Directory Users and Computers

Create users with mailboxes:Paul

KMLServer:Exchange Management Console


Create a mailbox:Tom2007

Set up a profile for Administrator and start it

Create a public folder with Calendar Items type as shown blow:

Create a outlook profile for Tom2007 and a outlook profile for Paul;

Open Outlook with Tom2007's profile and click on the Shared Schedule item;

set up a Free/Busy information; Close the outlook;

Open Outlook with Paul's profile;You will find the Tom2007 posted Free/Busy information.

How about access mailbox Paul from http://duronserver/exchange/paul?

The schedule information is all there.

How about access mailbox Tom2007 from https://kmlserver/owa?

As shown above, the message "Click here to open this folder with Microsoft Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access." appears.


From here, I just see the meaning of the warning message. How to configure the replication of the Free/Busy folder?

After SP1 installed, Publlic Folder Management console is introduced. -->Exchange Management Console -->Tools -->Public Folder Management console

-->Open System Public Folder-->Click Schedule+Free/Busy folder




Click on Exchange Administrative Group-->properties


Add a Public Folder Store(DuronServer) as a replica.

It's necessary to modify the replication interval.

DuronServer:

Exchange System Manager--Locate the Shared Schedule under the All Public Folder

Wait for the replication to complete (15-30 minutes);

HTTPS://kmlserver.itsme.com/owa

Logon as a itsme\Tom2007
Click Public Folder-->click on Shared Schedule calendar item--done.