Outlook 2010, Exchange 2007.
Scenario:
We have a few users who need to share their Exchange calendar with everyone in the organization. Right now, their private calendar is synced to a public folder calender using a third party tool Add2Exchange. This way, everyone can easily browse the Pubic Folder tree in Outlook and find a (almost live) copy of these calendars.
Problem:
The sync software sometimes fails, and this causes conflicts in scheduling as the private and public calendars are out of sync.
Idea For Solution:
We want to delegate direct access to these private calendars, and give everyone Read-Only access to them, so there would be no need for a sync.
Problem With This Idea:
Users can no longer simply browse their Outlook sidebar and find calendars this way. They must go through the process of "Open User's Folder", Chose calendar, chose the user, attach the calendar. This would have to be done for everyone in the unit, and for multiple calendars.
Is there a way I can automate this? I just want to delegate the calendars, and then have them automatically show up in everyone's calendar list next time they open Outlook. Is this something that can be scripted and deployed through AD? I can't seem to find anything online to address this.
Are there other ideas I should consider?