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Microsoft Outlook can publish a user's free/busy information, which enables others to view that information for scheduling meetings and managing schedules. In some situations you might prefer to create your own free/busy server. For example, the no-cost Microsoft Office Internet Free/Busy Service requires users to have Microsoft Passports, and you might prefer not to use those. Or, maybe you don't need to offer free/busy information to outside users and do not want the information published across the Internet.
Outlook can publish to a free/busy server using HTTP, FTP, or file URLs. If Outlook is configured to publish to an HTTP or file URL that requires authentication, Windows prompts the user for the authentication information. This is not the case for FTP servers, and you must configure the FTP site in Outlook to enable Outlook to authenticate on the server:
1. Open Outlook and choose File, Open, Outlook Data File.
2. In the Open Outlook Data File dialog box, select Add/Modify FTP Locations to open the Add/Modify FTP Locations dialog box.
3. In the Name of FTP Site field, enter the fully-qualified domain name or IP address of the FTP server.
4. Select the User option and type the user name in the User field. Click in the Password field and enter the password for the specified user account.
5. Click add to add the server to the list, then repeat these steps to add other servers if necessary, and click OK. Click Cancel to close the Open Outlook Data File dialog box.
Outlook caches the password for only the current Outlook session, so if the user shuts down Outlook and restarts, he will need to enter the password again. Choose File, Open, Outlook Data File, select the FTP site from the Look In drop-down list, enter the password in the Password field, and click OK. Then, click Cancel to close the Open Outlook Data File dialog box. |
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