How to Publish Free/Busy Information to the Internet

Summary

The amount of free/busy information that is available on the server is controlled by end users themselves through Microsoft Outlook. In the Free/Busy Options section of the Calendar Options in Outlook, users can set the number of months of free/busy information that they would like others to be able to view. By default, the value is two months.

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How to Publish Free/Busy Information to the Internet

For Microsoft Outlook 2013 and Microsoft Outlook 2010:

  1. Click the File tab, and then click Options.
  2. In the left pane, click Calendar, and then click the Free/busy Options button.
  3. Click the Permissions tab, and then click Other Free/busy.
  4. Click to select the Publish at My Location check box under the Internet Free/busy section, and then type the fully qualified path of the server on which you will publish your free/busy information. You can use any valid URL format, such as http://... file://\\... , or ftp://... . Free/busy files have the .vfb file name extension. The following is an example of a valid URL format:
     
    ftp://Myserver/Freebusy/Myname.vfb 
     
    Note If the FTP server requires authentication and Outlook is installed on Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must use the following format:
     
    ftp://username:password@Ftpservername/Freebus/Myname.vfb
    Where username:password is your user name and password.

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Article ID: 7401
Created
Mon 7/6/15 9:50 AM
Modified
Fri 3/31/17 12:45 PM