By default, everyone can see the free/busy status of a Resource Account while proposing a meeting, but cannot open the resource’s calendar.

This procedure explains how the owner of a Resource Account can grant additional access rights (viewing and/or editing) to a Resource Account.

First, you’ll need to add the Resource Account to Outlook. You only need to do this once for each Resource Account you manage, and you may have done this already for other reasons.

Follow the first 3 steps of our View Resource Accounts in Outlook for Mac procedure. If you see the Resource Account listed, you’ve already completed this task, and you’re ready to proceed with granting access rights. If the resource is not listed, complete the procedure to add it. You will not be able to complete the steps below until you have added the Resource Account to your view of Outlook.

Sharing the Resource’s Calendar with an Individual

1. Go to Outlook’s Calendar. In the Navigation Pane, you should see the resource listed under My Calendars.
2. Right-click or ctrl-click on the Resource Account’s Calendar (make sure you’re not clicking on your own calendar), then select Sharing Permissions from the dropdown menu. A Folder Properties dialog box will open, displaying the Permissions tab.
3. Click Add User.
4. Type all or part of the person’s name, then click the small plus sign in the bottom-left corner of the dialog box. If you don’t get the name exactly right, the Exchange server will try to find the person you’re looking for. Check to make sure it’s the right one, or click on the right one. Then click Add. The person you selected will now appear in the list of users with permissions set to Can view all details.
5. From the Permission Level dropdown, select the desired level of access:
   None - no access other than seeing Free/Busy while proposing a meeting.
   Reviewer - the person can open the calendar and see the details of the items on the calendar, but can’t add, delete, or change anything.
   Author - the person can can open the calendar and see the details of the items on your calendar, and can create, modify, and delete items that he or she creates. The person cannot modify or delete something created by other people.
   Editor - the person can do everything that an Author has permission to do and can modify and delete the items that others created.
6. Repeat with additional users if needed.
7. Click OK to close the Folder Properties dialog box.

Sharing the Resource’s Calendar with Everyone at Cornell

This option changes what everyone at Cornell can see about the resource’s calendar. This option is NOT required for people to “invite” the resource to an event.

1. Go to Outlook’s Calendar. In the Navigation Pane, you should see the resource listed under My Calendars.
2. Right-click or ctrl-click on the Resource account’s Calendar (make sure you’re not clicking on your own calendar), then select Sharing Permissions from the dropdown menu. A Folder Properties dialog box will open, displaying the Permissions tab.
3. In the table at the top of the Permissions tab, you’ll find an entry for Default. Click on this entry to highlight it.
4. From the Permission Level dropdown, select the desired level of access:
   None - no access other than seeing Free/Busy while proposing a meeting.
   Reviewer - the person can open the calendar and see the details of the items on the calendar, but can’t add, delete, or change anything. Do not select any permission setting higher than Reviewer, as this will allow anyone with an Exchange account to change events on the resource's calendar. That would be bad.
5. Click OK to close the Folder Properties dialog box.