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Q188833: XCLN: CDO Only Publishes Three Months of Free/Busy Data

Article: Q188833
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbFEA exc55sp2fea exc55
Last Modified: 24-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) only publishes three months of Free/Busy data.
Until recently, this limit could not be configured.

MORE INFORMATION
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Exchange Server version 5.5 Service Pack 2 introduces a new user option of
"FreeBusyMonths" that is added to the CDO Session object. This user object
contains the number of months of Free/Busy data to publish, which must be
greater than or equal to 2. The default value is three months. This new user
object can be accessed by the GetOption() and SetOption methods of the Session
object.


For example, the following line of code demonstrates how to set the
FreeBusyMonths option to 12 months. The code snippet assumes that objSession is
a valid CDO Session object:

  objSession.SetOption "FreeBusyMonths", 12

You can find the current value of FreeBusyMonths as follows:

  CurrentValue = objSession.GetOption("FreeBusyMonths")

This feature is available in the latest service pack for Exchange Server version
5.5. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack


This feature was first included in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2.


Additional query words: FreeBusy publish 3 "3"

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Keywords          : kbFEA exc55sp2fea exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:5.5
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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