Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Creating Meeting Workspaces from Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010

A feature loved by many users and disliked by many administrators in Outlook 2007 is the ability to create a meeting workspace from a meeting request. Savvy end users found this to be an easy way to create a workspace on a SharePoint site at the same time that they were setting the time and date, physical location, and inviting users to the event. This process is worth reviewing because it is still available in Outlook 2010, just hidden by default.

To create a meeting workspace from Outlook 2007, follow these steps:

1. Using an account that has appropriate permissions to create sites in SharePoint 2010, open Outlook 2007 (not Outlook 2010; that is covered in the next section).
2. From ...