Frequently Asked Question

Calendar Permission Levels
Last Updated 5 years ago

Outlook Online


Can view when I'm busy: Allows someone to view blocks of time as Free, Busy, Tentative, Away.
Can view titles and locations: Allows someone to view your Subject and Location. Events set to private will only display as Private Appointment.
Can view all details: Allows someone to view your Subject, Location, Attendees, and Description. However, any event you mark as private displays simply as Private Appointment.
Can edit: Provides read/write/modify access.
Delegate: In addition to "Editor" permissions, a delegate can also be selected to receive calendar notifications/requests/invitations. By default, 'Delegates' cannot view/modify events set to Private. You do have the option to grant the delegate the ability to view (full details) Private events.
Outlook desktop client

None: User will be unable to view any information (including free/busy times).
Free/Busy time: Allows someone to view blocks of time as Free, Busy, Tentative, Away. Free/Busy time, subject, location: Allows someone to view your Subject and Location. Events set to private will only display as Private Appointment.
Contributor: Provides the ability to view free/busy information and create new events.
Reviewer: Allows someone to view your Subject, Location, Attendees, and Description. However, any event you mark as private displays simply as Private Appointment.
Nonediting Author: Provides the ability to view full details of all events (accept private ones), create new events, and delete events they have created.
Author: In addition to permissions granted via "Nonediting Authour", the user will also me able to edit events they have created.
Publishing Author: In addition to permissions granted via "Authour", the user will also me able to create sub-folders (these are calendar groups or secondary calendars).
Editor: Provides read/write/modify access to the calendar (accept private events).
Publishing Editor: In addition to "Editor" permissions, the user will also be able to create sub-folders (these are calendar groups or secondary calendars).
Owner: In addition to "Editor" permissions, a delegate can also be selected to receive calendar notifications/requests/invitations. By default, 'Delegates' cannot view/modify events set to Private. You do have the option to grant the delegate the ability to view (full details) Private events.

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