# Getting started

# Purpose

TrueConf Calendar Connector is a software solution for synchronizing the Microsoft Exchange corporate calendar with TrueConf Server. This solution enables seamless integration of your corporate calendar with the TrueConf communication system.

Thanks to TrueConf Calendar Connector, you can view and accept invitations to the events created in the Microsoft Exchange corporate calendar directly in your TrueConf application. Additionally, TrueConf Calendar Connector displays the events from the corporate calendar without linking them to video conferences. Now offline events created in the corporate calendar can be tracked in TrueConf client applications.

# How it works

TrueConf Calendar Connector synchronizes events from Microsoft Exchange with TrueConf Server. When you create a meeting in your corporate calendar (e.g., in Outlook), the system automatically creates an event in TrueConf Server. Below is a diagram showing how TrueConf Calendar Connector works:

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Additionally, if the event is related to a video conference, the software provides a link for participating in the event. Participants receive an invitation with all the details: time, topic, and a direct link for joining the conference.

Communication between TrueConf Server and Microsoft Exchange is one-way: events from the third-party calendar are displayed in the UI of TrueConf application, but conferences created on the side of the video conferencing server are not added to the corporate calendar.

# Licensing

The features available in TrueConf Calendar Connector depend on your license type. You can review the differences between each version below:

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<th>Free Version</th>
<th>Standard Version</th>
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<td>Protocol support for mail access (EWS)</td>
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<td>Read and display data access</td>
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<td>Connection to registration server required</td>
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<td>Number of accounts for synchronization</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>Unlimited, aligned with <const name="product-server"/> license</td>
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<td>Priority synchronization for whitelisted users</td>
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<td>Terms of provision</td>
<td>Free</td>
<td>Included in Comprehensive, Comprehensive+ and Premium support packages</td>
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# Features

  • Read information about various types of events created in external calendars and display them in the UI of TrueConf solutions.

  • Sending invitations about the start of video conferences.

  • Real-time synchronization of data about the changes in calendar events and participants' statuses (accepted/declined the invitation).

  • Support for API – EWS (Exchange Web Services).