Network Calender sync

[blaaislaai]

I am looking for an application, preferably freeware to use in our department at work.

This application should sync any changes made to a calender to all the PCs on the network, running that same calendar app.

Basically like a calendar being shared between all the users on the network.

Anything that comes to mind?

 

[irBosOtter]

Might help if you specify the calendar app you guys are using...

 

[blaaislaai]

Nothing at the moment.

Thread is about finding an application that can do the job

 

[irBosOtter]

Ah ok, thought you had a calendar app then you wanted to sync, my bad. What email system you guys using?

 

[psion]

Outlook and share one calendar (HR) with everyone?

 

[patrict]

Simplest solution, create a Gmail account and give everyone access to it, then it can be checked via pc or synced to phone. If you want separate calendars per person, create a Gmail account per person and share the calendars among the accounts.

 

[CataclysmZA]

I'd vote to use Google Calendar, but Google is slowly killing off calendar syncing with other platforms. I'd switch to using shared calendars through Outlook.com. That way you can have that calendar accessible on multiple devices and platforms and it integrates into mail apps like Outlook and Thunderbird (though not without some fiddling). So if you ever move to have everyone on something like Office 365 for Business, you don't have to change anything or move to a different calendar provider.

 

[Nod]

Some sort of Caldav server?
Two sites with list of servers (free and otherwise):
http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/402382-the-five-best-open-source-calendar-servers-for-linux
http://caldav.calconnect.org/implementations/servers.html

Radicale seems to be lightweight and feature complete:

Main Features

Shares calendars through CalDAV, WebDAV and HTTP
Shares contacts through CardDAV, WebDAV and HTTP
Supports events, todos, journal entries and business cards
Works out-of-the-box, no installation nor configuration required
Warns users on concurrent editing
Limits access by authentication
Secures connections

 

[padjakkels]

We use Thunderbird, with the add-on Lightning. Most of the Thunderbirds are setup with a dummy email account, so they are not used as an email program, they are just used for the calendar add-on.

The calendar files are save on a shared drive (server) and all the other computers just use these files from the server.

Works like a charm and free.

 

[LazyLion]

Google Calendar.

 

[CuppaJoe]

Not freeware, but CodeTwo Public Folders have served me well in the past for doing this exact thing.

http://www.codetwo.com/public-folders/

 

[MGRobinson]

You may want to try ownCloud? I'm sure you know all about it, but It has a calendar app and is super easy to install and supports calDav if some users prefer using the calendar on some software on their computer.

I have used the packages from the openSUSE repository and installed it on an Ubuntu server. This is nice because it auto updates when you update your system so you never have to worry about it.

Each user can share their calendar, files etc. with other users and you can enable or disable certain apps from the admin settings. Use something like no-ip.org to give access for users from outside the office.

Use the demo here: http://demo.owncloud.org/index.php/apps/files/