[sync] Shared Calendar Syncing

[Michael J Rubinsky]

Quoting Tim ODriscoll <tim.odriscoll at lambrookschool.co.uk>:

> Dear All,
>
> I have 6 users who all need read/write access to one users calendar.  
> This is a huge calendar (2000 events for the current year) and the  
> users would like a desktop app (windows 7) to manage said calendar.
>
> What's the best way to achieve this?
>
> I'm running Horde Groupware 5.2.5. I'm aware shared calendar support  
> isn't in the synchronization preferences and I'm willing to sponsor  
> that feature if need be, or if there's another way?

This is indeed possible via ActiveSync already if the client supports  
multiple collections per type (Outlook 2013 supports this).

> I've tried 'ical4ol' (you can use different credentials for  
> different connections) but only the full ICS sync worked, so it  
> would spend a few seconds downloading/uploading the entire calendar  
> - not ideal with 6 users accessing it at the same time.
>
> I've got Outlook 2010/Funambol working nicely for a single users  
> calendar, but I don't know what it would do with a shared calendar.
>
> I've tried Thunderbird/Lightning and it throws an access-denied  
> error whenever I try to modify an event, even if I'm using the  
> credentials for the calendar owner.
>
> Any suggestions on how to achieve a shared calendar with a desktop app?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tim
>
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