Is it possible to view shared mailbox calendars on IOS within LGFL??

[nickb23]

Hi all,

 

I have been asked to add a shared mailbox calendar on a couple of IOS devices. Both users have access to the calendar through OWA, so that it fine. I sent a request to Atomwide asking for a guide on how this is done, and I have been told by them it is not possible due to the limitations of the device's themselves....

 

Googleing it, it seems many places have been able to do this by publishing the calendar to the internet, but this needs the exchange to have icalendar enabled....

 

I have tried sharing the calendar by emailing it to the user, who gets and xml, that just opens as a data file..

 

 

Is this right? Has anyone been able to get it working???

 

Thanks

 

Nick

[DavR]

Hi Nick,

 

We tried a lot of things to try and get this to work at my old place, as some of our schools used shared mailboxes and calendars extensively. I'm afraid all our conclusions supported Atomwides statement - iOS mail app just does not deal with shared Exchange calendars.

 

The only option really would be to get a third party mail app that can cope with shared mailboxes, OR, you could do a link to the calendar in OWA and run it through the device's browser. You can build a URL that will take you direct to a shared calendar, there's some really helpful syntax info at this link - https://exchangeshare.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/how-to-open-shared-calendar-in-owa/.

 

Dave.

[nickb23]

Thanks Dave. I will have a look at this in more detail..

 

Nick

[ASGeek]

APP store search - OWA

 

Add alias email which will then prompt you with an advance option where you will need to enter USO details found on the LGFL support site: my account>email

 

once installed select calendar and look for ">>" top left of your screen. Long press on "MY CALENDAR" which will bring up a further options. Select "Opne Calendar" here you can type the name of the shared calendar you desire.

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