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One of our recommendations for Calendar Harmony is that you send meeting invitation updates to all participants on all changes. This article describes how to have all meeting related messages automatically filtered out of your Inbox and into a folder just for such messages.
Aug 10, 2015 In Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac running on Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later versions, you cannot set Outlook as the default application. In Outlook Preferences, under General, you enable the Make Outlook the default application for e-mail, calendar, and contacts option.
This article applies to: Outlook 2016 for Windows, Email for Faculty and Staff
- From the Home ribbon, in the Move section, click , then click . A Rules and Alerts dialog box will open.
- On the tab, click . A Rules Wizard dialog box will open.
- In the box labeled Step 1: Select a template, in the Start from a blank rule section, select . Then click .
- This screen asks Which condition(s) do you want to check? Scroll down and select , then click .
- The next screen asks What do you want to do with the message? In the Step 1 secion, select . Then, in the Step 2 section, click the underlined word . In the Rules and Alerts - Choose a folder dialog box, select the folder where you want these messages filed. If you haven't yet created that folder, click to create one now.
- Click .
- Now you're asked Are there any exceptions? For the simple version of this procedure, we'll assume there are no exceptions, so just click .
- On the final screen, you give your rule a name and specify
- whether the rule should be run on messages already in your Inbox,
- whether the rule should be turned on so that it will be applied to all incoming messages in the future, and
- if you have more than one account set up, whether the rule applies only to the current account or to all accounts.
- Click when you've made your selections.
By default, any USC faculty or staff member with an Office 365 account can view your Office 365 calendar and see if you are free or busy for a particular time period.
Changing Your Privacy Settings
If you wish to make your calendar information completely private and visible only to you, use the following instructions. You must use an Outlook client to change these settings, as you cannot edit global permissions in the Outlook Web App (OWA).
For Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010:
- Open your Outlook client.
- Click the Calendar tab in the lower left-hand corner of the client.
- From the Home menu, choose Calendar Permissions.
- The Default properties should be highlighted. In the Permissions box, under Read, choose None.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK to finish the process and exit the Calendar Properties screen.
For Outlook 2011 for Mac:
- Open Outlook 2011 for Mac.
- Click the Calendar tab in the lower left-hand corner of the client.
- Under My Calendars, highlight your Office 365 calendar.
- From the Home menu, choose Permissions.
- Choose Default from the Permissions list.
- In the Read box, choose None and then click OK.
NOTE: Your Office 365 calendar will have the name that you entered in the Account Description field when you added your Office 365 account to Outlook.
Getting Help
For additional information on calendar sharing and permissions, see Sharing a Calendar and Calendar Sharing Permissions on the Microsoft website.
For assistance with setting these permissions, please contact the ITS Customer Support Center..