Features

• every user can create unlimited calendars (a company calendar and a personal calendar are provided by default)
• use daily, weekly or monthly view
• share calendars with other users
• setup email reminders for events, even connected with popup instant messaging alerts
• view some or all the calendars combined to get a full view at a glance and to spot overlapping events
• create and edit recurring events
• mark events as private or public, set freebusy status, category, etc.

Tasks

• set tasks (associated to a calendar), assign due dates, mark as completed
• view tasks in the calendar or in the task list
• assign tasks to other users (see below), get task completion notifications
• hide or show completed tasks
• highlight overdue tasks
• view pending tasks in the home page
• all tasks and events are relative to the user's personal time zone, to synchronize coworkers with different time zones
• access and create tasks and events from PocketPC, Palm, mobile phone, either via web browser (in real time - no synchronization) or via SyncML sync with the device's calendar

Meeting planning and task assignment

• interactive search for free/busy time of other users to plan a meeting
• invite users to meetings/assign tasks. Invitations can be sent using ICal format, and turn into proper events in DeskNow, Outlook, Notes.
• track accept/decline/tentatively accept replies and change status in list of attendees
• receive and accept invitations sent with Outlook, Notes
• send/receive invitations to/from users of other domains using Outlook or Notes
• invitations can be accepted directly from the received email or from the calendar

Resources

• Administrator can define bookable resources
• users can search for free/busy status of resources
• required or optional resources
• automatic accept/decline of resource booking
• Administrator or other selected users can view the schedule of a resource: who has booked it, when, for what event
• resources can also be booked from external mail client (Outlook, Notes)

iCal

• publish a calendar using iCal format, accessible from Mac, Mozilla Sunbird, etc (with optional password)
• exchange invitations and replies with other calendaring applications using iCal + iTip protocol

Freebusy server

• users can automatically publish their freebusy information, so that it can be accessed by other clients like Outlook
• interactive web interface to lookup other users' (internal and external) freebusy information when planning a meeting