Outlook (with Exchange) gives you the ability to share a calendar or contacts folder with someone else in your organization. This can be done entirely without admin intervention. Also you can control whether the sharing is read-only or read-write.
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Note: This is different than the ‘delegate’ feature that allows sending mail on behalf of someone else.
1. Go to the calendar / contacts to share.
Click on Go… Calendar (or Go… Contacts)
Then click ‘Share My Calendar’ (or ‘Share My Contacts’)
Note: For Inbox sharing, right-click the Inbox and choose ‘Sharing…’
2. Add the person you want to give access to
Make sure you are adding from the Global Address List
3. Assign the appropriate permissions
Ignore the check boxes. Just choose either ‘Editor’ or ‘Reviewer’ from the drop down list.
4. Now refer the other person here:
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