Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

34.2 Windows Calendar34.2 Windows CalendarWindows Calendar is a Microsoft Corporation’s application used for calendar management onWindows Vista. This application enables to view events of multiple calendars in a single scheduleand thus quickly identify conflicts in the time schedule. Calendars may be either stored onthe disk or it is possible to subscribe for calendars stored at the web server. It is also possibleto publish calendars on the web server.Kerio MailServer supports publishing of calendars in user email accounts on the server andsubscription of calendars stored in the mailbox from the Windows Calendar. In addition tosubscription to their own calendars, users can also subscribe to calendars shared by otherusers.Note: In Windows Calendar, subscribed calendars are available only in the read-only mode.Published calendars are available on the server for reading only (this implies that it is not editpublished calendars when accessed by Kerio WebMail, for example).Subscription traffic is performed by the HTTP or the HTTPS protocol. Publishing of calendarsis performed via HTTPS only. This implies that it is necessary that the service is running inKerio MailServer and a valid Kerio MailServer’s SSL certificate must be installed on the WindowsCalendar host. In addition to this, it is also necessary to map the corresponding port on thefirewall protecting the server. Otherwise, the service will not be available from the Internet(for details, see section 2.3).The Windows Calendar application supports iCalendar which is a standard format used forexchange of calendar data. The iCalendar built in Kerio MailServer enables Kerio MailServer tosupport cooperation with Windows Calendar.Note: If calendars published as subfolders of the main calendar called Calendar, all events willalso be displayed in the Free/Busy calendar.Windows Calendar options and settings are addressed in a special document, the KerioMailServer, User’s Guide. This file can be downloaded at the Kerio Technologies website athttp://www.kerio.com/kms-manual.34.3 Apple iCalDeveloped by Apple Computer, Apple iCal is an application allowing management of calendarson Mac OS X. The application enables to manage events of multiple calendars in a singleschedule and thus quickly identify conflicts in the time schedule.Calendars may be either stored on the disk or, with read rights, it is possible to subscribe forcalendars stored at the web server. It is also possible to publish calendars on the web server.Kerio MailServer supports publishing of calendars in user email accounts on the server andsubscription of calendars stored in the mailbox from the Apple iCal. In addition to subscriptionto their own calendars, users can also subscribe to calendars shared by other users.Warning: In Apple iCal, subscribed calendars are available only in the read-only mode. Publishedcalendars are available on the server for reading only (this implies that it is not editpublished calendars when accessed by Kerio WebMail, for example).359