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Office 365 Group Calendars permissions

Anonymous
2016-09-14T11:00:38+00:00

Hi!

I am pretty new to the Offcie 365 group functionality:

I wanted to ask if there is a possibility to set the group calendar in O365 with different permissions?

My usecase:

We have a large group of teachers here in my school and we want to have a group calendar where only some of the teachers are allowed to create and modify events. So my questions is, if and where I can set the group calendar permissions?

(I have managed to create permissions for the group's OneNote notebook and OneDrive (as it is all a SharePoint site, so where is the calendar stored on this SharePoint site?)

Another thing is: Is it possible to turn of the invitations or notifications for all group members? It is a bit annoying if at school year start over 120 events are created and everybody gets 120 event invitations?

Another thing:

I want to customize the group menu header, (Conversations, Files, Calendar, Planner,...) Is this possible within the O365 groups?

Many thanks

Kurt

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Anonymous
2016-09-14T14:10:27+00:00

Hi Kurt,

For the first query, it’s not feasible to set group calendar permissions for specific users in Office 365 groups. When you join a group, your email address is automatically added to the distribution list and you gain access to all group information including the group calendar for scheduling group meetings and events. Thanks for your understanding. Here is a relevant article for your reference:

Learn about Office 365 Groups

Also, you are welcome to vote for the feature via the following link:

https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/286611-office-365-groups/suggestions/15971725-calendar-permissions

For the second one, I have done some tests with Outlook Web App as an example. I found that I can untick the option ‘Send an invitation to the group’ when creating an event in the group calendar and notifications or invitations would not be sent in this case.

However, if I specified a room while creating the event, the option became greyed out and it’s not feasible to untick the option in this situation:

So could you let me know whether you ticked the option while creating those 120 events previously or the option simply could not be modified as you chose rooms at that time?

As for customizing the group menu header, do you want to customize the menu bar in the picture below?

If so, I have done some tests but couldn’t find any official articles about it. Your understanding is highly appreciated. Meanwhile, I suggest you submit feedback for the feature via the link below:

https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/286611-office-365-groups

Let me know if anything is misunderstood.

Thanks,

Sam

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-04-23T15:52:27+00:00

    Completely agree with Kurt.  In a school setting we do not want folks to spend hours entering in all of the year's important dates and then have 1 teacher 'accidentally' delete them all thinking it is their calendar.  Please add permissions for view/edit in groups calendar.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-22T18:04:19+00:00

    any followup to this? I would love to be able to do this and I think that it should be an option available by now!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-11-28T20:40:50+00:00

    I have to get into this once again!

    I DO want to have different permissions for the group calender:

    Not everybody in our staff team should be allowed to create appointments, onyl a few (just 5). But everybody in the calender should have  a read-only acces to the calender... 

    I know that I can do this with my personal calender, so why is the option not available for group calenders?

    Many greetings

    Kurt

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-17T19:22:17+00:00

    It may not be feasible but it is important to a many users.

    I'll be following this thread for a possible solution.

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