Viewing Team Calendar Event Information

Viewing Team Calendar Event Information

Calendar event labels and tooltips display the information from selected columns of the connected data source.
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  • Event Label: The event label displays information from one column (usually a title column) and provides a quick summary about a calendar event.
  • Event Tooltip: The event tooltip displays more information about a calendar event when you mouse-over the event label. The tooltip contents are obtained from columns in the Exchange calendar or SharePoint list.
  • Event Details: If you are using a SharePoint list as your data source, you can click on an event to display the full list item details in a pop-up window. If you have the appropriate permissions, you can edit the event by clicking the Edit Item button in the pop-up window.

The event label can be customized to help you recognize the status, creator, or type of calendar event.

  • Show color legend: You can choose to display a color legend to explain your color-coding options. See Configuring Team Calendar for more details.
  • Allow text wrap: Normally, calendar event labels display one line of descriptive text. If the information displayed in the event label does not fit on one line, the text is cut off. You can choose to allow calendar event label text to wrap to a second line if you want to display more information about events. See Configuring Team Calendar for more details.

Configuration Settings for SharePoint List-Based Calendar

Configuration Settings for SharePoint List-Based Calendar

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Team Calendar can display events from a SharePoint Calendar list or a Microsoft Exchange mailbox calendar, or both. Configuration options depend on the data source you select.
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To configure an Exchange calendar instead, refer to the topic Configuring an Exchange Calendar.

This section cover the steps involved in setting up a calendar based on a SharePoint List.

To connect to a SharePoint List:

Step Action Result
1. Select the SharePoint List or MS Exchange & SharePoint List option.
Note: Selecting the MS Exchange & SharePoint List option will display events from a SharePoint list and events from the Exchange mailbox on two separate calendars. If you choose this option, you will need to configure the Exchange calendar after completing the configuration for your SharePoint list calendar.
2. Select a list in the current site from the Select SharePoint List drop-down list.
3. In the Selected Columns list, select a column that contains the text you want to display as the event label (title) in the calendar.
4. Select columns to display in a tooltip when users mouse-over an item in the calendar. Select columns in the Available Columns list and use the arrow buttons to move them to the Selected Columns list. Use the up and down arrow buttons to reorder selected columns. To select multiple columns at once, hold down the SHIFT or CTRL keys.
5. Choose a column to base event color-coding on, and then select a color to use as the border color for each possible event type (determined by the column you just selected). For example, if you choose to color-code your events by “Category”, and you set the color for “Holiday” to blue, all events labeled as a holiday will be displayed with a blue border on the Calendar. Click Auto Select to automatically assign a unique color for each choice.
6.

Select how to display the event duration on the calendar, and the date/time fields used to determine the event start and/or end time.

  • To display events on only the start or end date of the event, select the Events defined by option and select either the start date or end date field from the list. For SharePoint Calendar lists, event duration is usually defined by the Start Time and End Time fields.
  • To display an event on the calendar for its entire duration, select the Interval of events defined as option and select the start date and end date fields in the Between and And lists.
7. If you would like to filter the events included on the Team Calendar using a list view, select it from the Select View list. If you do not select a specific list view, all items in the list will be displayed on the calendar.

Your SharePoint list-based calendar is now configured.

Server Topology

Server Topology

Return to Connecting to an Exchange Calendar

In the Server Topology section, choose the location of your Microsoft Exchange Server. If you are connecting to an Exchange Server hosted on Microsoft Office 365, select the Exchange and SharePoint on different domains option.

Exchange and SharePoint in the same domain

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You must select at least one mailbox to display in Team Calendar. The first calendar you configure is the primary mailbox.

  • Primary Mailbox User Name
  • Primary Mailbox Password
    • Enter a valid Exchange User Name and Password for the primary mailbox into the corresponding fields.
  • Web Service URL
    • Enter the Web Service URL for your Exchange server. This is the address you use to access your Exchange server from a Web browser. This address is usually similar to the example listed in the tool pane.

Configure Different Domains

Exchange and SharePoint in the different domains (Exchange 2010 only) To connect to an Exchange server on a different domain, the server must be running Microsoft Exchange 2010. You will also need to select which authentication type to use to connect to the Exchange server on the other domain. Select an authentication type from the Client Credential Type list. If you are not sure which type to use, contact your server administrator.
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Client Credential Type
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Icon-Tip If you select the wrong authentication type, testing the connection will usually tell you which authentication type should be used instead. See How to Test E-mail AutoConfiguration.

Release Notes for Team Calendar

Release Notes for Team Calendar

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Microsoft ended mainstream support for SharePoint 2007 in October 2012. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy.
At that time, Bamboo stopped enhancements to our SharePoint 2007 product line, but continues to provide support and bug fixes to customers with active support contracts until October 2017. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2017, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2007 products in October 2016 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.
Microsoft plans to end mainstream support for SharePoint 2010 in October 2015. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy. At that time, we will stop any enhancements for our SharePoint 2010 product line but will continue to provide support and bug fixes for our SharePoint 2010 products to customers with active support contracts until October 2020. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2020, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2010 products in October 2019 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.

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For details on migration, see the Knowledge Base Article “Migrate Bamboo Products from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016”

Understanding Bamboo Releases:

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Preconfigured skins for Team Calendar

Preconfigured skins for Team Calendar

You can change the style and color scheme of Team Calendar by selecting from several preconfigured skins. Samples are shown below for comparison.

Skin Names Default
Shown here are the nine variations
of skins you can select for Team Calendar. The variations
are very subtle so you may not even realize there are
differences unless you look very closely.

For more advanced style configuration
options, see Using a Custom Style Sheet.

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Office 2007 Outlook
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Telerik Vista
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WebBlue Windows7
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Web20 Default Calendar
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Overview of Team Calendar Configuration

Overview of Team Calendar Configuration

HW34_CalendarFinal.jpgTeam Calendar surpasses existing SharePoint calendar view functionality by allowing users to display calendar information from both Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint side-by-side. You can configure Team Calendar so that users can specify the list or view from SharePoint calendar data, which column they can display, the column by which to color code the displayed items, and whether to view the calendar by day, work week, week, month, or year.

You can also configure the web part so that users can filter to show certain list items that meet specified filtering criteria. In addition, Team Calendar users can create new meetings and appointments just as they would in Outlook, taking advantage of a Scheduling Assistant and the Global Address List. In the latest version, you can even overlap Exchange calendars from multiple users on a single calendar view, with user and status based color coding. It’s all how you choose to configure the web part.

After adding Team Calendar to a page, click Edit Web Part from the menu in the upper-right corner of the web part to access the configuration tool pane. Click on a topic below to learn more detailed information concerning configuration of Team Calendar.

Overview of Team Calendar

Overview of Team Calendar

Team Calendar provides a centralized group calendar that can interact with a SharePoint calendar list, multiple Microsoft Exchange calendars, or do both side-by-side. You can add and edit items in a SharePoint list directly from the Team Calendar or you can create and update Exchange meetings and appointments through an Outlook-style resource scheduling assistant. Team Calendar can even display events for multiple Exchange accounts in a single calendar, complete with customizable color-coding for different calendars and event types.

Overlay the Outlook calendars of multiple users

newcal.jpgWith Team Calendar, you can display multiple calendars from different users on a single calendar in SharePoint; simply add users to the display list, and watch as their public events populate the calendar. Color-code by user and status (busy, out of office, etc.) and get a sense of everyone’s whereabouts in seconds, from a central location.

Create new meetings and events

Creating team meetings and appointments from Team Calendar is easy with the web part’s built-in tools — simply create your event, lookup different invitees from the same Global Address List you use in Exchange, and even attach files. Best of all, everyone’s schedule is right in front of you, both on the calendar and in the Outlook-style scheduling assistant.
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Migrating Team Calendar from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Migrating Team Calendar from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Be sure you have at least the Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release (shown in the table below) installed before migrating. If not, upgrade your Bamboo product release before migrating. For more information, see Upgrading your Bamboo Web Part. Also, the target SharePoint 2013 farm requires at least the Minimum SharePoint 2013 product release shown.

Icon-WarningIMPORTANT: When migrating from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, the Database Attach Upgrade Method is the only method supported.

Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release 10.7.18 Minimum SharePoint 2013 Product Release 10.7.36.2013
Database Attach Upgrade Method
Issues The Team Calendar migrates without any errors or additional steps required.
Resolution N/A

Migrating Team Calendar from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Migrating Team Calendar from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Be sure you have at least the Minimum SharePoint 2007 Product Release (shown in the table below) installed before migrating. If not, upgrade your Bamboo product release before migrating. For more information, see Upgrading your Bamboo Web Part. Also, the target SharePoint 2010 farm requires at least the Minimum SharePoint 2010 product release shown.

Icon-Warning IMPORTANT: When migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, you MUST select the option to change existing SharePoint sites to use the new user experience. Your Bamboo products will not perform as expected with the old look and feel.

Minimum SharePoint 2007 Product Release 1.5.4 Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release 10.5.11
In-Place Upgrade
Issues The Team Calendar successfully migrates to SharePoint 2010 without any errors or additional steps required.
Resolution N/A
Database Attach Upgrade Method
Issues The Team Calendar Web Part successfully migrates to SharePoint 2010, but the Legend does not display correctly. See below for visual.

Legend display in SharePoint 2007:

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Incorrect Legend display in SharePoint 2010:

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Resolution The issue was resolved in release 10.6.6
that was available February 18, 2011.

How to find the Exchange web service URL

How to find the Exchange web service URL

Return to Connecting to an Exchange Calendar

When you are configuring Bamboo’s Team Calendar, you may add the wrong authentication type. Testing the connection will usually tell you which authentication type should be used instead. Follow the steps below to test your connection.

Step Action Result
1. Click the karat option in the System tray. SysTray.jpg
2. Next, hold down your Control key and right-click on the Outlook icon.
3. Click Test Email AutoConfiguration TestEmail.jpg
4. Click the Test button to discover your Exchange’s web service URL to put in the team calendar web part settings. Results.jpg

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