Outlook 2011 - Sharing a Calendar
You can share your calendar with a co-worker and give them a permission level ranging from Owner (full access) to Reviewer (read-only access) depending on what activity you would like them to perform with the calendar appointments.
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Add permission to your Mailbox. Right-click (or ctrl + click) on the account name
found on the left in the folder list and a menu will pop up with an option called
Click on
and the
window will open.

Select the user to add. Click the
button and then type in the username you would like to add and click the
button. Select the correct user from the matched names by clicking on it then clicking the
button.

Assign permissions to the user. Click on the name of the user that now appears in the
window and then click on the
drop down menu arrows
and select
from the list of permissions then click the
button.

Add user to your Calendar. Go to your
and right-click on the calendar you want to share then click
to open the
window. Find and add the user following steps 1 and 2 above.

Assign the permission level. With the newly added user's name highlighted, change the permission level to
(read only) or
(able to make changes) then click ![]()

Permission levels -
• Owner – Create, read, modify, and delete any Address Book. Calendar, private or public folders and Mail folder items. Owner can also change the permission level others have for the folder.
• Publishing Editor – Create, read, modify, and delete all items, and create subfolders.
• Editor – Create, read, modify, and delete all items.
• Publishing Author – Create and read items, create subfolders, and modify and delete items you create.
• Author – Create and read items, and modify and delete items you create.
• Nonediting Author – Create and read items, and delete items that you create.
• Contributor – Create items only.
• Reviewer – Read items only.
• Free/Busy time, subject, location – Shows more detail than just Free/Busy.
• Free/Busy – Default permission, used in scheduling assistant.
• None – Can't perform any activity. The user has no permission and can't open the folder.
Open a Calendar shared to you. Click on
from the menu at the top of the screen then choose
from the drop down menu.

Add the user sharing a calendar. In the
window click on the
icon to search for a name. The
window will open and you can enter the name and click
then choose the name from the matched list and click the
button. Make sure
is chosen in the Type: menu then click
again.

View the calendar. To view the calendar check the box
next to the name under 'Shared Calendars' in the calendar list. This will appear in the left pane of the calendar view.

Select your calendar. Right-click on your calendar that you would like to stop sharing and click on
to open the
window.

Remove the permissions. Click on the name of the user you would like to remove and click the
button then click on the
button.
