Forum Discussion
Adding a room/resource as a staff member to Bookings
JarrydMoore I am not sure if this was not available in 2020 but it does work now and I do it regularly. It has been a while since I setup a new calendar with a resource account but I think you need to be able to log into the account directly, not using the proxy of your main account, to accept the invitation. Once it is accepted, I haven't had any issues.
aaron_anderson_IL Not sure if I got you right. Do you say, you have set up the room as a resource in Exchange Admin and used that in Bookings? Or did you set up the room as a regular Exchange user?
I want to use my existing resource (room) and have that bookable in Bookings. But of course, it needs to be synced with free/busy of internal bookings done with the Outlook calendar.
- arifvaseJul 17, 2024Copper ContributorThe room resource needs to added as a "Team Member" to the bookings page. Initially, the room resource account gets added as a "guest". We need to go to "Manage staff" and delete and re-add the room resource and set the role as "Team Member". This may take couple of tries, but I can confirm it works. The room is now bookable through bookings page/link and is syncd with room's existing calendar entries.
- royx1070Aug 08, 2024Copper ContributorThanks to arifvase. Availability is correctly synchronized when the room is added with the "Team member" role.
- Jan_SpallekAug 12, 2024Copper Contributor
royx1070 How do you have added a Room / Ressource as staff member? When i do this, it is always converted back to a Guest?
I have tried it multiple times.