Syncing Outlook calendar with a SharePoint calendar

Question

I'm trying to sync a SharePoint calendar with an Outlook calendar. SharePoint has the connect to Outlook option and all. I did that, I was also able to copy all the events from Outlook into SharePoint fine. I can add events to the SharePoint calendar through Outlook, but when I add a new event on the Outlook Calendar it doesn't get added to the SharePoint calendar. Meaning the user has to enter it in two places if s/he wants to keep them both up to date. It's important for my users that they don't have to do this. Is there anyway to make SharePoint fetch the events from Outlook automatically?

Thanks -V

Answer 1

What version of MS Office are you using? 2003 can support displaying a SharePoint calendar in Outlook, but the sync isn't two way. With 2007 items created within outlook will be added to the server at the next sync.

Also, which calendar are the items being added to? When you setup the connection to the SharePoint calendar, it actually defines a second calendar separate from the personal calendar. If you add items to the personal calendar you will also need to add them to the "shared" calendar. Where you would add the item, depends on which version of Office you have as mentioned above.