Schedule a conference [This information is currently under development] You can schedule a conference only from Microsoft Outlook 2000. Here's how you would do this:

1. Open your Outlook 2000 Calendar folder.
2. On the Action menu, click New Meeting Request.
3. Click To, and then use the Select Attendees and Resources dialog box to invite people to the meeting. Locate each attendee in the address list and click Required or Optional.

4. If you are scheduling a public meeting, click Allow External Attendees. If you want to require a password for entry into the meeting, type the password in Password.

| IMPORTANT The password cannot contain spaces or any of the following characters: the pound sign (#), the plus sign (+), the percent sign (%), or the ampersand (&).

5. Invite a conference resource associated with a technology provider, as follows:
   1. On the Show Names from the drop-down menu, select All Conference Resources.
   2. Locate the resource in the list. For example, VideoConf5-Paris can accommodate a five-person video conference in the Paris site.
   3. Click Resources, and then click OK.
6. Select This is an online meeting using, and then select Microsoft Exchange Conferencing.

7. Set a start time and duration for the conference.

| Tip Set a reminder and type the subject of the conference in Subject.

8. Type the meeting agenda in the text box.
9. Click Send.