Setting up calendars is a two part process
First, you must log into the server interface to create calendars and grant permission to other user to access them
The act of logging in will create a default calendar and address book for that user.
It is required that a user log in before he can be granted permissions to any calendars
Then you need to configure your calendar client to access the calendars you created
There is no web interface for the calendars, you must access them through a client such as thunderbird or webmail.
This interface is a little bit overwhelming at first, but so is the number of things you can do with it
This page will not show you everything you can do, but it should show you some of the basic functions without making you learn all there is to know. I Just Want a Calendar That All My Devices Will Sync With
Go to https://cal.domain.tld and accept the Security Certificate warning
Login with your email address as your User Name and your email password for Password and click Go
*Ignore the contents of this page for now, at the top of the page, put your mouse on UserFunctions and then select "View My Details"
Scroll down and find the blue bar labelled Principal Collections
Identify under Display Name which line corresponds to your calendar (not your address book).
Click the link in the left most column on the identified line. It will be a four or five digit number.
Near the top of the page, take note of the value for DAV Path
You will need this information to set up your devices, so either highlight and copy this or write it down.
To be safe, always log out when you are finished
Proceed with setting up your calendar clients
Calendar Permissions All calendars must be created by a user and therefore owned by a user.
That user will then grant permissions to other people, identified by their email address, to read and/or modify their calendar
The user being granted permission will use his own email address and email password to access your calendar
you may create groups to manage users more easily I Need My Assistant To Edit My Calendar Before you begin:
Go to https://cal.domain.tld and accept the Security Certificate warning
Login with your email address as your User Name and your email password for Password and click Go
*Ignore the contents of this page for now, at the top of the page, put your mouse on UserFunctions and then select "View My Details"
Scroll down and find the blue bar labelled Principal Collections
Identify under Display Name which line corresponds to your calendar (not your address book).
Click the link in the left most column on the identified line. It will be a four or five digit number.
Note the DAV Path, your assistant will need this information to set up their calendar client
Under "To ID Display Name" use the drop down menu to select your assistant's email address
Select the individual permissions to grant to your assistant, or use one of the blue buttons to select a pre-generated subset
All Permissions will do exactly as it says, grant that user full permission to organize your calendar anyway they see fit
Read/Write access allows the user to modify your calendar, such as delete events and create new ones.
Read access will allow the user to view your calendar events, but will not let the user add or delete events
Free/Busy will allow others to see if you have events on your calendar, but not the contents of those events
If you know what the other items are, you will know if you need them; else you don't need them.
Click the Grant button.
After you click the Grant Button, The user will be displayed with a link so you can look at the details of that user
The privileges that have been granted to this user will be listed
Use the Edit and Revoke buttons to modify or remove a user's ability to access your calendars respectively
You may add multiple users and grant each of them a different set of permissions
To be safe, always log out when you are finished
Your assistant now needs to configure his/her calendar clients
When your assistant adds a new calendar to his/her calendar client, he/she will use the DAV Path you obtained from two rows above and his/her own email address and email password
I have many users and many calendars, How do I use groups to ease management? Before you begin:
You must be logged in as an administrative user (Typically that is the email of the person who owns the domain name)
Go to https://cal.domain.tld and accept the Security Certificate warning
Login with your email address as your User Name and your email password for Password and click Go
In the top left corner of the page, put your mouse on User Functions and select Create Principal
Choose a Username for this group
The Username for the group is arbitrary, but should have some meaning to the calendar administrator to ease management
Set the password
The Username and password for the group can be given to other people to manage, if you like
Fullname will be the name that is displayed throughout the interface to represent this group
Email address is the address associated with this group
Locale - if you do not want standard Canadian English, change this
Date Format Style:
European date formate is dd/mm/yyyy
ISO (international) format is yyyy/mm/dd
US date format is mm/dd/yyyy
Set the Principal Type to be group
Set permissions
Every user will have these permissions on any calendar this group owns.
When everything is to your satisfaction, click the create button
After you click the create button, you will be brought to a page where you can manage your group
On this page, you may create a new calendar or address book that will be owned by this group
Permissions can then be granted to other groups and users on those created calendars
To add members to the group, scroll down to the Group Members section
Select a user from the drop down menu and select Add
Previously Added members will show up just above the drop down menu
Remove members from the group by pressing the remove button
Now, when granting permissions to other user you may grant a group access to a calendar instead of a user
To be safe, always log out when you are finished
When your assistant adds a new calendar to his/her calendar client, he/she will use the DAV Path you obtained from two rows above and his/her own email address and email password
I want a calendar for our Boardroom/Staff Vehicle/Other Shared Resource Creating a calendar for a resource is just like creating a calendar for a group . except you will set your Principal Type to resource instead of group
It may be easier to just create a new calendar under an existing user, however some of the more advanced features of the server may become unavailable to this calendar if you do so. FAQ Q: Can I use Outlook?
A: Yes, but you will need a third party plugin to edit your calendars. Outlook 2010 can reportedly allow you to read the calendar but not modify it.
A: Ya, that is documentation, and it isn't really aimed at the layman. If you understand it, great. If not, hopefully this page explains what you want to know.
A: Not that I am aware of. They can see about you, but they can't change anything you don't give them permission to change. Conversely, you can't change anything of theirs that they haven't granted you permission to change.
Clients How to set up Calendars in Thunderbird/Lightning
