Outlook Subfolder Sharing
I stumbled across a nice lil resolution to the sharing of subfolders within Outlook today. It?s no spectacular fix, in fact, it is quite underwhelming, but it is a satisfying fix all the same.
When a user wants to delegate access to a specific subfolder in Outlook, you can?t take the usual ?Open Other Users Folder? path through the File menu. If you choose to do so, you will only have access to the main folders within Outlook (Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, etc.)
Let?s say you have several subfolders within your Inbox that you need to share out, but would prefer to keep the contents of your Inbox private. In order to accomplish this, the following steps must be taken:
*Give User B ?View Folder? access to the root of the Mailbox and the Inbox (since that?s where the subfolder resides) on User A?s Outlook client. Then, grant User B the customized permissions to the subfolder(s).
*Within User B?s Outlook client, add User A?s Mailbox via the Tools-Options-Email Accounts-Advanced section
It?s a damn simple solution, but it is quite useful.