Connect to Outlook problem
Dear friends I have a calendar in MOSS site. When i click on "Action". It does not show the option of "Connect to outlook". What is the problem? Please guide. Also let me know if i need to install outlook 2007 on MOSS server SharePoint 2007. kind regards aliusmankhan SharePoint (administration/Development) Asp.net C# SQL Server
March 3rd, 2010 3:22pm

You shouldn't need to install office 2007 on the server (it can be useful to have it for your own testing but it is not required). The "Connect to outlook" option should be available on clients with Office 2007 installed. There's a couple of reasons why the option may not be available.-The web browser may not support the functionality: try using IE 7 or 8 if possible.-Browser security settings may prevent it: try putting the site in the 'Local Intranet' security zone.-There may be an issue with the Office 2007 installation. -If Office 2003 was previously installed, try removing Office 2007, removing any Office 2003 components, then reinstalling Office 2007 -Also in the Office 2007 installation check that under the shared tools that sharepoint support is selected and installed.
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March 3rd, 2010 5:44pm

and what if clients have office 2003? do you think that can be the problem too, where MOSS can only interact with outlook 2007? SharePoint (administration/Development) Asp.net C# SQL Server
March 3rd, 2010 5:50pm

If you don't have the option of "Connect to Outlook" it means that your client does not have a suitable copy of Outlook installed.Suitable means the (year's) version of Outlook that matches which Office version your SharePoint system thinks you have. Typically if you have both Office 2003 and Outlook 2007 installed on your client which Outlook it expects to see will depend on things like which version (Office 2003 or 2007) of a particular .DLL you have installed.The same applies to Outlook 2003 on an otherwise Office 2007 client system.So to make 100% sure that you always see Connect to Outlook make sure that all your Office type applications are either 2003 or 2007 (and get rid of everything that could still be hanging around in the client that is of the wrong "year".You do not install Outlook 2007 on the server. It will not help a bit. It's what is installed on the client that matters. P.S. Just to really kill this point. If the system expects Office 2003 then only Outlook 2003 will do. If it expects Office 2007 then only Outlook 2007 will do FAQ sites: (SP 2010) http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com; (v3) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com and (WSS 2.0) http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com Complete Book Lists (incl. foreign language) on each site.
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March 3rd, 2010 6:12pm

I just checked my WSS 3.0 book where I naturally say "You have the Connect to Outlook option". Not much help there. With Office 2007 and Outlook 2007 installed on new machines with no trace of Office 2003, it ought to be there but if it isn't ... But a bit later I have a note "Calendar linking only works if Exchange Server is being used" Do you have Exchange ? FAQ sites: (SP 2010) http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com; (v3) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com and (WSS 2.0) http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com Complete Book Lists (incl. foreign language) on each site.
March 5th, 2010 8:07am

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