Update Exchange calendar free/busy status with Microsoft Entourage
Both Microsoft Entourage v.X and 2004 rely on the Microsoft Exchange servers themselves to update the free/busy information for your calendar. This free/busy updating process is the same one used when you connect via Outlook Web Access (OWA).
There is nothing you can do in Entourage to change the time frame for which the free/busy information is updated, or demand that free/busy data be updated immediately.
Free/busy data is stored separately from your actual calendar on the Exchange server, but it is based on your calendar. It allows others to see when you are available -- or unavailable -- for scheduling meetings. It may take several minutes after you add, modify, or delete a meeting on your calendar for the free/busy data to be refreshed. This is true whether you use Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, or Outlook Web Access (OWA).
