FortiMail supports calendar sharing over a variety of mail clients, making it easier for you to schedule meetings and organize your daily routine.
This recipe overviews calendar sharing for Outlook. It provides detailed instructions on how to configure FortiMail to enable sharing, how to set-up Outlook to publish your calendar and how to subscribe to other people’s calendars.
The initial setup steps are only for FortiMail administrators. If you are an email end user, skip the administrator step.
Administrators: Configuring FortiMail for Sharing |
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Before publishing your calendar in Outlook, configure FortiMail to enable calendar sharing. These steps are only for Administrators. |
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1. Select Mail Settings from the FortiMail menu bar and select Calendar.
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2. In the Settings tab, you’ll see two checkboxes. Select and enable WebDav. Outlook does not use CalDav. Select Apply. |
Enabling WebDAV. |
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3. Select the Resources tab and select New. |
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4. Enter the required information and select Create. |
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Outlook Users: Getting the URLs |
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Now that FortiMail is properly configured for sharing, you need to acquire some important information before you can begin publishing your calendar. |
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2. Select the Preferences button under the User dropdown menu. |
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3. Select View in the Account Settings section beside Service URL. Copy the the WebDAV URL. |
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Outlook Users: Publishing Your Calendar |
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Outlook users can publish their calendar and subscribe to other people’s calendars from the FortiMail WebDAV server. To publish a calendar to the FortiMail WebDAV service in Outlook: |
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1. Select Go from the taskbar in Outlook and then select Calendar. |
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| 2. From the My Calendar tab on the left of the screen, right-click on the calendar you wish to publish and select Publish to Internet and then Publish to WebDAV server. | |
| 3. Enter the URL that you copied from the WebDAV URL link in the previous procedure. | |
| 4. Specify a time span and permission and enter the user name and password required for FortiMail Authentication. Select OK. | |
Outlook Users: Subscribing to a Calendar |
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In addition to publishing your own calendar, you can subscribe to other people’s calendars via the WebDAV protocol, which facilitates calendar sharing and synchronization between FortiMail and Outlook. |
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1. Select Tools from the menu bar and then select Account Setting. |
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2. Select On the Network. |
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3. Click on the Internet Calendars tab and select New. |
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4. Enter the publicly shared calendar location URL you copied from the previous instructions. |
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5. Specify the folder name and description and select OK. The new imported calendar will appear on the left in the calendar pane. |
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Outlook Users: Configuring Free/Busy Settings |
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With Outlook and FortiMail, you can schedule an event or meeting based on the free and busy information shared and stored on the FortiMail WebDAV server. To configure the free and busy settings in Outlook: |
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2. Navigate to Calendar Options and select Free/Busy options. |
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3. Enter the free/busy URL. Outlook users get the free/busy URL from the FortiMail administrator, who gets the URL from the calendar settings on the FortiMail web UI. Note: The Publish at my location selection is not supported. Do not use this option. |
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4. Select OK. Both Outlook and FortiMail should now be fully configured to allow for calendar sharing.
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