OfficeCalendar for Microsoft Outlook for Windows

User Reviews

• Doesn't work consistently

  12/12/2014

  Pros

  Is Not Reliable.

  Cons

  Doesn't let you know it's not working and you'll end up double & triple booking appointments. They'll blame their software not working on you. It's your fault it doesn't work.

  Summary

  I used the Free Trial and it was a little buggy with a few users, but I thought we had worked out the bugs, so I purchased for 10 users. My team and I spent hours chasing down bugs, talking to their support, adjusting settings, restarting outlook, restarting computers, etc. So, a week after purchase it was evident that the software wasn't going to work. We went with Salesforce.com's calendars instead - which works brilliantly. Now, they won't refund my money, telling me that I should have known they would extend the Free Trial. How in the world would I know that they'd extent the free trial? But either way, if they'd of given it to me for free for another few weeks, why not refund my money a week after I purchased? They won't talk to you about the refund, just long belittling, pompous email replies. Stay away from this company.

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• Unreliable

  emkharts11/1/2013

  Pros

  lets you see other users calendars and contacts

  Cons

  doesn't work - multiple times in 2 months users lose access to others calendars/contacts and you have to "reset" those users.

  Summary

  This is not worth the money. Pay the extra money for a better calendar sharing program so you have a reliable, efficient calendar for your business. If you have to constantly reset you are losing time and sometimes users are not aware that they are not seeing correct calendar and may make duplicate appointments - not good for business. I am sorry I didn't see all these reviews before purchasing software.

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• Take your chances

  Donjberg6/10/2013

  Pros

  Program works, sort of

  Cons

  REQUIRES a lot of fooling around.. You pay extra for a "Maintenance Plan" support, but dont expect any. YOU have to send in a request for help, then wait...I asked why I can't get phone support that I payed for, I was told.."WELL if I answered the phone all day, I would not get anything else done.." (Not exact words, but close enough)

  Summary

  I received a request to renew my "Maintenance Plan" for $81.00. Maintenance plan?? I called the company and asked to talk to the owner to tell him why I would not renew, he said no one was there. Turned out, he was the owner and was acting like a jerk. After a few words, he told me he did want me as a customer and hung up...Maybe he doesn't want you either?<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Jun 10, 2013<p/>After a few words, he told me he did (NOT) want me as a customer and hung up...Maybe he doesn't want you either?

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• Fraudulent. Dishonest. Worst ever! Not recommended.

  TimWheeler795/9/2012

  Pros

  I can't think of even one!

  Cons

  Fraudulent. Dishonest. Worst company ever. Unfulfilled promises. Lies. Selling to you again what you've already purchased. Disregard for customers. Refusal to make problems right. Worst technical support imaginable. I could go on for days.

  Summary

  Do not under any circumstances buy this product. You will regret it as I do.

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• This is a great product!

  Grendal2/6/2006

  Pros

  We tried Office Calendar on the recommendation of our IT consultant. He came in and installed it and in about 30 minutes we were able to see and make changes to co-worker's calendars and contacts. We thought we would have to buy Microsoft Exchange to be able to do this but we didn't! The product works great and the support, the one time we had to use it, was timely and very helpful.

  Cons

  The only complaint we have, and it is not a complaint really, more of a feature enhancement wish, is that the product would allow us to share our tasks the same way it lets us share our calendars and contacts. Besides that, we absolutely love it!

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• It does not work

  clt909111/16/2005

  Pros

  there are none. Can't even select a no star rating

  Cons

  The support you have to pay for. <p>If you have to reload the server PC unless you remember the original pcs name you have to a get reset code by fax. <p> <p>Do not buy this software it is rubbish. You would be better off using a paper calendar and moving it between offices.

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• Excellent product for sharing calendars

  JIMMYAUSTIN8/23/2005

  Pros

  My company has 8 employees and when I found out how much Exchange Server was gong to cost (ouch!) I immediately started looking for alternatives. The problem was that everyone wanted to keep using Outlook. So we did not look at any Outlook altnernatives. I came across this product and decided to give it try. The setup was quick and easy once I read through the first few pages of the manual (you'll need to download it from their website). Within about 15 minutes we were sharing calendars between 5 or 6 computers. We did have one computer that initially would not sync. My partner called up the company and after a few minutes they had it fixed though (excellent support - they actually answer the phone). After the trial period ended we purchased the product and we've been using it since. We purchased the product in January 05. Since then we've had a couple of issues - one actually turned out to be a user error and the other was a software problem (daylight savings time problem) that required an update which was provided to us for free. <p> <p>Our experience has been totally different from some of these others and because we've saved so much money using this software problem and the company has been so helpful to us, I've felt compelled to share our experience which has been very good, which is rare these days with software. <p> <p>We multiple version of Outlook (XP and 2003, but no 2000)and have found no issues between them. Also, we use the calendar very extensively - a lot of recurring appointments and exceptions and those work pefectly once we installed the update. <p> <p>If you are looking for a good altnertive to Microsoft Exchange server then you need to try this product - I highly recommend it.

  Cons

  The only negative thing is that I wished it had a group contact view like its group calendar view.

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• Has Outlook inter-version and time format problems

  zom6/13/2005

  Pros

  Nice in theory.

  Cons

  Missed the mark in execution. <p>Cannot deal with non-standard time formats like 4 digit 24 hour times. <p>Has problems synchronision different versions of Outlook. <p>Continuously hiccups on recurrence patterns. <p>Updates records that have not changed every sync, resulting in buckets of deleted records.

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• Bait and switch

  bowzin6/7/2005

  Pros

  Cons

  Causes outlook to stop responding. never completely confident in syncing of calendars, always checking by walking to other office defeating the purpose of the software. 14 day trial is not long enough to get an accurate assessment of how it is going to work within an environment. Was necessary to uninstall and reinstall to get any sort of functionality. Be sure of purchase, because once problems start occuring after trial, there is no chance of being recompensated.

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