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Questions for Customers who request shared resources
- Type of mailbox: room, equipment, or shared mailbox
- Display Name: visible name in the Global Address list (the name can be changed at anytime)
- Email Address for mailbox: anything not already created and vanity email domains are available (email address can't be altered after creation)
- Mailbox Manager EID(s): user(s) that can manage the account permissions via TRAC. Add your EID, then return after creation and add dl.LAITS.O365.Admins@austin.utexas.edu
- EIDs needing Full Access: it will allow a desired user the ability to login and assume control of the account (see KB0014480 on how to access)
- EIDs needing Send As: this allows the user to send a message which will appear as the resource account (see KB0014483 on how to send as)
- EIDs needing Send on Behalf (Delegate): this allows the user to send a message which will state ‘User X sent on behalf of User Y’ (see KBXXXXXX on how to send on behalf)
Process for Creating a Shared Room Calendar, Equipment Calendar, Shared Mailbox
- Create/Delete Room
- Enter requested email address for New Room
- Use Pull Down to select personalized/vanity email domain. For example: @austin.utexas.edu, @utexas.edu, @blantonmuseum.org, @nursing.utexas.edu
- Enter Room Name
- Resource Manager: add yourself then return after creation and add dl.LAITS.O365.Admins@austin.utexas.edu
- Create Room: this process will take 15-30 minutes. You will get this message, "The resource has been successfully queued for creation".
- Edit Booking Delegates, Mailbox Manager (add department contact so they could self manage the permissions).
- Edit Mailbox Permissions- Full Access will let users see and use the Room Calendar
- Room Calendars can also be Published which gives you an HTML link that can be posted on a web page.
- This option publishes the shared department account calendar on the web and allows people who have the URL to view it live.
- Login to OWA (https://office365.uiowa.edu) with your EID and Password
- Click the Calendar icon.
- Click the Person icon and choose Open another mailbox. Type the mailbox name (e.g., its-email) and click OK. Choose Settings (gear icon) | Calendar
- In the "Shared Calendars" section, choose Calendar Publishing
- On the Publish Calendar screen, select which calendar you would like to publish (e.g., Calendar)
- Select the permissions for the published calendar: (Not Shared, Full Details, Limited Details, Availability Only)
- Click Save
- Click the left arrow next to Options to return to the Calendar.
- Choose the Settings icon, click Options | Calendar | Publish Calendar. There will be two links.
- Copy the links and send those to the users whom you wish to have access.
- Users will need to select the HTML link if they are not on Office 365.
- Office 365 users can use either link to open the calendar in a browser or Outlook.
- It's also important to check the Time Zone for all newly created Room Calendars. This is accomplished in OWA. Microsoft tends to set the time zone to somewhere in Europe.