

In the Calendar Properties box, choose Add User. For example, if you share an Exchange or CalDAV server at work, you can choose whether coworkers can edit your calendar account or only view it. On the Organize tab, choose Calendar Permissions. Share individual calendars or share calendar accounts with people who use the same calendar service. Outlook will assign the next unused color change the color and set a shortcut key, if desired, then click Save. At the bottom of the navigation pane, select the Calendar icon.To add a category that is not in your master list, to your master list: This is the original problem that is still unsolved - for help with the actual Outlook client please resort to a Microsoft forum or their customer service. Click on it and click on the button 'Open'. Set the account with the calendar you need and type in the e-mail address of the account. If you click on the button, a search field opens. If the user opening a calendar shared with them doesn't have the correct permissions, they can add the Category name to their own Category list to display it with a color. I don't use Outlook at all, on any of my devices - I can see outlook shared calendars on my Calendar app on the iPad and iPhone, but I can't see those calendars on my Calendar app on the Mac. In the Calendar Section there is a button 'Open shared calendar' (Icon is 3 dots arranged in a circle). Set-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity mailboxowner\folder -User alias -AccessRights ReviewerĬreateItems, CreateSubfolders, DeleteAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditAllItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderContact, FolderOwner, FolderVisible, ReadItemsĬreateItems, CreateSubfolders, DeleteAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditAllItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderVisible, ReadItemsĬreateItems, DeleteAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditAllItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderVisible, ReadItemsĬreateItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderVisible, ReadItems To set or check the permissions using Powershell, use the Set-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlet.

If you are setting the permissions in Outlook on the web, choose ' Can view all details' or ' Can edit'. With the correct permissions, the person you shared your calendar with can see the category colors you assigned to appointments: To check the permissions, right click on the calendar (in the Owner’s mailbox) and choose Properties, then Permissions. Users who have Reviewer level or better permissions on the calendar will see the calendar owner’s category colors. When looking at the Category master list while the event is selected, the category will be list as 'Not in master list'. Other users will see the categories in a white color (unless it's already in their color category list). Why? Only category names are visible on items when you share folders on Exchange server category colors are set per user.
