Can Outlook update a server side calendar from any iCalendar compatible client?
While Outlook is capable of sending a meeting invitation via an iCal attachment, it does not accept connections to update the “server side calendar” from any iCal compatible client. The clients that do support server side calendar updates are Entourage for the Mac, Outlook for the PC, and Outlook Web Access (OWA) for all platforms. Upcoming products that will also support updating the server side calendar are iCal OS 10.6 for the Mac, and Evolution (currently only support connections to Exchange 2003 servers, and we are running Exchange 2007) for Linux. If your mail is forwarded to another mail server, none of the above prodcts will work for you because your client connection is to the Other Mail Server, and not the Exchange Mail Server: Since your client talks with the Other Mail Server, it does not have any links to the Exchange Mail Server to update your Calendar. Therefore, when you accept a meeting, it does send an email response that you will attend, but the meeting is placed on
