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Publishing free/busy time

This process will work on Outlook 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007 for Windows.

Publishing My Free/Busy Time:

  1. Open Outlook.
  2. Click on Tools in the menu.

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  3. Click on Options.
  4. The first tab should be the Preferences tab, if you are not in this tab already then click on it.

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  5. Click on Calendar Options.
  6. Click on Free/Busy Options.

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  7. The recommended/default setting for publishing your calendar is 2 months. Other users will be able to see your free/busy time for the next 2 months, your calendar after that will appear to be blank We do not recommend changing this.

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  8. The recommended/default setting for updating your calendar is every 15 minutes, this should not be changed.
  9. Click on OK. Click OK.

Now anyone who wishes to see your free/busy time can do so by inviting you to an appointment.

Updated: 9/18/2006