iCal and MS Exchange

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iCal and MS Exchange

Hi Folks,
I use a Microsoft Outlook calendar at work that's hosted on an Exchange server. Is there anyway to subscribe to this calendar within iCal, so all of my events are in a single location?
Thanks.

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Intel Core Duo

Posted on Nov 30, 2007 10:41 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 30, 2007 1:00 PM in response to Evan Silberman

You can subscribe to a calendar in ical. For that you will have to go to ical>calendar>subscribe and enter the url of the calendar you want to subscribe.

hope this helps

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Answer 2

Russa

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Dec 12, 2007 11:58 AM in response to Evan Silberman

iCal does not support the dynamic sync function with a Microsoft Exchange Server. There are tools on the web that may allow you to hack the support thru the WebDAV feature in iCal but "it ain't pretty".

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c1natra

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Dec 12, 2007 1:03 PM in response to Russa

Does that exchange issue also apply to viewing other attendees' availability before you invite them?

When I look at availability it tells me I need a calDAV calendar set up.

Little help?

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Russa

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Dec 12, 2007 5:47 PM in response to c1natra

I use Entourage on my MacBook Pro to access our M/S Exchange Server for work. It works great. I can set-up meetings with others in my company and see their availability before I schedule and send the meeting notice.

Its important to know the Exchange Server software version your company is running. We're using Exchange Server 2003. Some older versions don't support the expected Outlook features to Entourage. However, even our Exchange Server setup, as good as it is, will not support Outlook Notes being passed to Entourage Notes.

However, iCal doesn't sync directly with the Exchange Server.

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c1natra

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Dec 26, 2007 2:24 PM in response to Russa

Hi Russa -

When you say, "There are tools on the web that may allow you to hack the support thru the WebDAV feature in iCal but "it ain't pretty", how ugly is it?

Do you know the names of these tools?

Thanks!

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Russa

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Dec 26, 2007 4:08 PM in response to c1natra

I haven't' tried these tools so I cannot vouch for them..

Groupcal at http://www.snerdware.com/groupcal/

iCal Exchange at http://www.icalexchange.com/

I use Entourage with our Exchange server and it works great. It's seamless with our Exchange server. I am not sure the other tools will be as seamless.

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Answer 7

jmcaruso

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Jan 19, 2008 8:10 AM in response to Russa

group cal (Snerdware) worked great in Tiger but is not supported in Leopard- so now I am up a creek again.
The iphone syncs with iCal-okay ,fine- but many of us have to live in the real world that is dominated by the dark side and have to interact with Exchange servers. I would really appreciate it if Apple supported the business end of things better. With that said, anything new on getting Exchange calendar to iCal then to iPhone?
Thanks

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