Integration with MS Outlook

The CAT can store interviewer and room availability information published from MS Outlook. The calendar facility within a person's MS Outlook holds the times when the person is busy. MS Outlook can be configured to publish this information. CAT can receive this published data and use it to search for joint availability of interviewers with an interview room.

Consider the following example:

1. The hostname of the machine running CAT is cat.mycompany.com
2. The user we are configuring is called Fred.Flintstone

CAT Configuration

When configuring this user within the CAT we assign him an MS Outlook name of Fred.Flintstone

MS Outlook Configuration

Configure Microsoft Outlook as follows:

1. On the Tools menu choose the Options item -- this displays the 'Options' page.
2. Click the Calendar Options button to display the 'Calendar Options' page.
3. Click the Free/Busy Options button to display the 'Free/Busy Options' page.
4. Check the 'Publish my Free/Busy information' box and publish at the following URL:

   
       http://cat.mycompany.com/Fred.Flintstone
   

The Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard will then guide you through further installation steps. The following configuration items are required:

1. When asked to 'Select Your Connection Method' choose the 'HTTP Post' option.
2. On the 'Provide Posting Information' page enter the server name cat.mycompany.com

   Also, the ensure the 'Posting Command' on this page is as follows:

   
       /MS Outlook