How to enable "Connect to Outlook" function in your custom list?

Question

How can I enable the functionality to sync my custom list with Outlook 2007 todo or calendar list? I assume it's possible with custom lists too, but I cannot find any documentation on it.

Answer 1

To my knowledge this is not possible. If you need to sync a todo list, create a task list. Then you can delete all the columns that don't interest you, and add whatever columns you want to use.

The same goes for calendar, if you want a list syncronised with your outlook calendar, then create a calendar list and customize it to your needs.

Answer 2

Yeah not possible sadly. Also, if you create custom columns in a task list or calender, Outlook won't sync those columns.

Answer 3

This is available / possible (well it takes some programming to achieve it) - see here.

For my solution, I aggregate data between sites and sync them with outlook. There are some tricky things like to map item's uniqueId to integer ID (probably a database table with mappings) to refer to specific item correctly, but it's not impossible.

But it's not something you can use right away - coding required. However if you really, really need it, then it's a some-way to go.

Answer 4

Janis, any chance of shareing your solution

For my solution, I aggregate data between sites and sync them with outlook. There are some tricky things like to map item's uniqueId to integer ID (probably a database table with mappings) to refer to specific item correctly, but it's not impossible.