Booking a room resource with Outlook for Windows
Booking a room/resource with Outlook for Windows
To book a
room or resource using Outlook, please refer to the instructions below.
- Open the Calendar
section in Outlook.
- Open a new appointment or
meeting.
- Switch to the Scheduling
Assistant and click Add Room.
- Locate
and double-click the resource to add it to the rooms bar at the bottom. To
filter the list, you can either type the name of the resource, or switch
to more columns and enter the room number etc.
Note: centrally bookable meeting rooms can be found by entering the
below into the search bar in the more columns view , ie: VCR_room 1 or 2
etc.
5. Select OK
6. Check that all participants are available during
the selected meeting time - the Scheduling Assistant will show you if
any meetings are already scheduled in your desired times
7. When you've set an appropriate date, time and subject, and added participants as you would for any other meeting, click Send.
8. In most cases room bookings send an
automatic response email.