Microsoft KB Archive/197712

= How to configure default free/busy options =

Article ID: 197712

Article Last Modified on 5/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Outlook, you can configure how much and how often Calendar Free/Busy information is published to a Microsoft Exchange Server computer. This article explains how to deploy these settings to client computers.



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The Microsoft Outlook client allows a user to specify how many months of free/busy data should be published on the server, and how often (in minutes) to update the information on the server. The two methods of deploying these values are:
 * Group Policy or Local Machine Policy
 * Deploy registry values manually or with a script

With Microsoft Outlook 2000 and with later versions, a Group Policy or a Local Machine Policy can be used to make sure that all users who log on to the computer publish a uniform Free/Busy amount at consistent intervals. The Office Resource Kit for the required version of Microsoft Office contains the Outlook administrative template (.adm) file. Use this template to deploy the Group Policy or Local Machine Policy settings for Outlook.

The Free/Busy settings are stored as part of a user's profile in the following registry key, listed by Microsoft Windows version:

Windows XP
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows NT   \CurrentVersion \Windows Messaging Subsystem \Profiles \       \0a0d020000000000c000000000000046

Windows 2000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows NT   \CurrentVersion \Windows Messaging Subsystem \Profiles \       \0a0d020000000000c000000000000046

Windows 95 or Windows 98
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows Messaging Subsystem \Profiles \      \0a0d020000000000c000000000000046

Windows NT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows NT   \CurrentVersion \Windows Messaging Subsystem \Profiles \       \0a0d020000000000c000000000000046 To specify the number of months to publish Free/Busy information, change the following registry value to a value between 0 and 12:  Value Name: 00030330 Value Type: REG_BINARY Value Range: 00 00 00 00 (0) to 0c 00 00 00 (12) To specify the update interval to publish Free/Busy information, change the following Registry value to a value between 60 and 5940 seconds:   Value Name: 00030331 Value Type: REG_BINARY Value Range: 3c 00 00 00 (60) to  34 17 00 00 (5940) For example, to specify an update interval of 60 minutes:

60 min. * 60 secs. = 3600 (decimal) = E10 (hex) = 10 0e 00 00

Outlook 2000 writes these values to the following registry locations: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Office \9.0    \Outlook \Preferences

Value Name: FBPublishRange Value Type: DWORD

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Office \9.0    \Outlook \Preferences

Value Name: FBUpdateSecs Value Type: DWORD Value Data:

Outlook 2002 writes these values to the following registry locations: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Office \10.0     \Outlook \Preferences

Value Name: FBPublishRange Value Type: DWORD

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Office \10.0     \Outlook \Preferences

Value Name: FBUpdateSecs Value Type: DWORD Value Data:

Outlook 2003 writes these values to the following registry locations: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Office \11.0     \Outlook \Preferences

Value Name: FBPublishRange Value Type: DWORD

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Office \11.0     \Outlook \Preferences

Value Name: FBUpdateSecs Value Type: DWORD Value Data: 