Hi,I've read a few pages saying that synching the category of an appointment is not possible between the outlook and sharepoint calendar. Is this still the case? I don't know if this feature has been added but we need to activate something? Or if it is due sometime in the future?Thanks for the info in advance.

Hello, Are you referring the category of an appointment as the color categories? If so, then it seems true that the category could not be synchronized in sharepoint calendar as other predefined columns. As you know, some sharepoint lists such as calendar, tasks or discussions can be synchronized with outlook. However, not all columns (especially custom columns) can be synchronized, because only a few limited number of predefined columns are compatible for each other between sharepoint lists and outlook. The following KB article is an example of tasks lists synchronization to outlook, but I think the behavior would remain the same for other lists: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920278 Regards, JerryXing-Bing Yu

thanks for the info. i can understand why custom columns may be a little difficult to sync but category seems like an important part of the information whichpeople would want sync'd. Especially so you could create custom views. If I understand that KB article correctly, its asking me to create a custom column called category and fill in all the categories manually? It's a shame this doesn't sync as there are literally 100's of entries in this shared calendar that I would have to enter the category on.

Create a Field Categories in SharePoint it automatically updates it in 2010 Balaji