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Looking for info about Office 365 calendar options.
Is anyone aware of a resource that lists and describes the different Office 365 calendar options? To my understanding, there are:
- Exchange User Calendars
- Exchange Resource Calendar
- SharePoint Calendar
- Office 365 Groups Calendar
Am I correct in understanding each of these calendar options is somewhat different? Are there others? What are the feature differences among them?
Thanks!
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There are some slight differences indeed, but in general you should think of them as Outlook (Exchange-based) calendars and SharePoint based ones. Might help if you let us know what is the intended usage?
Thanks VasilMichev.
Looking to accomplish several things.
1. A calendar of various events and activities. Am thinking one for our overall organization and one for each of our two main departments.
2. A calendar to display staff vacations.
3. A calendar of report deadlines for our management team.
4. Room reservation calendars for each of our conference/meeting rooms.
Ability to view all of these calendars in Outlook desktop client would be strongly preferred.
We're also rolling out some Yammer Groups (and maybe some Microsoft Teams). So, getting to some of these calendars from Yammer or Teams easily would also be beneficial.
Thanks for any advice!
Well the Room functionality is built in, you simply need to create a mailbox of the corresponding type (room or equipment). Everyone in the company will be able to see or schedule meetings, but you can also impose restrictions if needed. You can also have room lists to make the reservation process a bit easier.
In terms of the "company shared" holiday calendar type, or deadlines one, it's doable via PF calendar or Shared mailbox calendars, however it has some rough edges. Here's an example article: https://www.cogmotive.com/blog/office-365-tips/create-a-company-shared-calendar-in-office-365
You can also do a Group-based one, however it might be a bit limiting in terms of client access: https://www.cogmotive.com/blog/general-chit-chat/shared-calendars-in-office-365-an-update
