Viewing Shared (i.e. delegated) Calendars on iPad

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Viewing Shared (i.e. delegated) Calendars on iPad

Hello,

I am currently using a 32GB Wifi/3G iPad running iOS 3.2. I have searched a few forums and was unable to find any information about how to view a shared Exchange calendar on the iPad. I overcame this limitation on my iPhone (running iOS 4) by adding an additional Exch account. This isn't ideal as I wouldn't have been able to do so if I didn't know the shared calendar user's credentials, and as we all know iOS 3.2 supports only one Exchange account.

I tried de-syncing calendars on the iPad and re-syncing, but I still only see my personal Exchange calendar and another one I added via CalDAV.

Is there any known way to get this resolved? I'm a busy network administrator and I'd hate to be unable to see our shared IT calendar until Sept./Nov. or whenever iOS 4 is released for the iPad.

Regards, D

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPhone 3GS / iPad 3G

Posted on Jul 9, 2010 5:47 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 10, 2010 2:44 AM in response to CorcoranNetAdmin

I would love to be able to do this to see my 15 employees shared calendars

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Answer 2

Jul 17, 2010 10:31 PM in response to CorcoranNetAdmin

D,

Try adding your CalDAV subscriptions using the iPhone Configuration Utility rather than manual-entry into iOS. Worked for me.

Best,

Dan

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Answer 3

Jul 30, 2010 9:14 AM in response to Daniel Osterday

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your response. However, the only CalDAV I am using is the standard Google calendar for a personal account. The shared IT calendar which I need access to is an Exchange account which I am delegated access to.

I'm sad that there seems to be no official recourse for this issue other than to wait until iOS 4.0 for iPad. This really tarnishes what is otherwise an excellent business tool.

Regards,
D

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Answer 4

memmons

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Dec 30, 2010 10:04 AM in response to CorcoranNetAdmin

I had the same issue as you -- I have several google calendars shared with me, but they did not show up on my iPad or iPhone. My solution was simple: email (or have them email) the iCal link for the shared calendar. Click on the link in the mail app on the device and it will ask if you want to add this calendar, choose yes and everything should show up correctly. Now when you open the iPad calendar app and tap the "calendars" button you should see that calendar in the "subscribed" section. Make sure you have it checked to display.

The iCal link for google calenders can be found be going into calendar settings. There should be two sections at the bottom that give xml, iCal and html links for both the public and private calendar addresses.

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Answer 5

Jan 6, 2011 12:30 PM in response to memmons

Memmons, the user is trying to see shared MS Exchange calendars, not google/iCal calendars. Any further help with that?

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Answer 6

Jul 6, 2011 2:06 PM in response to CorcoranNetAdmin

only way i have able to make this work is by downloading another web browser and have it "identify" itself as IE or as firefox.....

then browse to your web-outlook-exchange site and you should see the full (not ipad/tablet version) of the website.

for example

get iChromy app

tap the WRENCH for tools

tap OPTIONS

scroll down to IDENTIFY BROWSER AS

select FIREFOX

once that is complete you can veiw the full outlook website,,,,, including other peoples SHARED CALENDARS!!

if you got a better idea, lemme know

camachmsu@yahoo.com

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Answer 7

Sep 22, 2011 3:35 AM in response to CorcoranNetAdmin

There's an app for that!

LookeeLoo (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lookee-loo/id385456868?mt=8) will allow you to view other people's Exchange calendars.

People are correct when they say that EAS (ActiveSync) does not support querying another person's calendar, so LookeeLoo uses EWS (Exchange Web Services) to query Exchange 2007/2010 calendar information.

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Answer 8

Azrock

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Mar 2, 2012 9:29 AM in response to micahfromoxford

That's waste of $$$ do not buy it, it won't show the shared calendars of Exchange Server 2007/2010.

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Answer 9

Mar 2, 2012 11:08 AM in response to Azrock

It works fine for a person's primary calendar. It just doesn't work with subcalendars (which are rare).

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Answer 10

t0PPy

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Aug 6, 2012 11:17 AM in response to CorcoranNetAdmin

What bout something like this: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teamcalendar/id533928904?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4🙂

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Answer 11

Sep 7, 2012 12:15 PM in response to micahfromoxford

Lookee Loo works fine for viewing calendars. On our Exchange setup anyway.

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Answer 12

Mar 26, 2013 10:19 AM in response to CorcoranNetAdmin

Hi,

We have created CalendarONE, a great solution enabling shared Outlook/Exchange calendars to be managed from iOS.

Any Exchange calendar that has been shared with you can be added to the iOS calendar app, it honours all permission too. If you can create/manage an event in Outlook you can create/manage an event from your iOS device too.

No more going to Safari for WebAccess to check a persons availability, now it's in your iOS calendar app.

Try it.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/calendarone/id527841438?mt=8

Best

Chris.

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Answer 13

Mar 26, 2013 10:56 AM in response to christoffa

Thank you Chris.

How does the traffic flow from iPad to the shared calendars?

Does iPad talk directly to the Exchange server, or does information go through third party servers?

Thank you.

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Answer 14

Apr 22, 2013 3:20 PM in response to tibor.moldovan

The app communicates directly with your Exchange server using Exchange Web Services (EWS)

Take a look at our 5 min demo at http://youtu.be/Sc9AwkBr8VU

If a user has the appropriate permissions you can manage the exchange shared calendar events from the iPad calendar app too.

Best

Chris

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Answer 15

Aug 3, 2013 6:06 PM in response to christoffa

Hello christoffa,

I have purchased your app but have been able to get past the auto discovery screen. I have let it sit there for 30 minutes with no luck. It just keeps spinning. I can't seem to find an option to cancel or set up manually. Any help ou can provide would be appreciated.

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