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JHPRRamsey
Jul 05, 2022Copper Contributor
Teams meeting to group calendar showing up in Teams of all members of group, even if not invited
Hello all, I've been searching online and have not been able to find a solution to my scenario. We're attempting to use a group calendar to manage room resources to where users will add the g...
- Jul 06, 2022Well you're effectively inviting the group to the meeting, so that's the expected behavior. Even though individual users aren't "subscribed" to group events, the system still keeps a track of who's invited. I'm not aware of any way to prevent the prompt on a per-meeting basis. You can toggle it globally, but that will affect other meetings too.
Have you tried using Room Lists instead? They allow you to "aggregate" availability info across multiple room mailboxes, so users are presented only with free slots when trying to book a meeting within Outlook. Read here to learn more: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients/room-mailboxes?view=exchserver-2019#create-a-room-list
VasilMichev
Jul 06, 2022MVP
Well you're effectively inviting the group to the meeting, so that's the expected behavior. Even though individual users aren't "subscribed" to group events, the system still keeps a track of who's invited. I'm not aware of any way to prevent the prompt on a per-meeting basis. You can toggle it globally, but that will affect other meetings too.
Have you tried using Room Lists instead? They allow you to "aggregate" availability info across multiple room mailboxes, so users are presented only with free slots when trying to book a meeting within Outlook. Read here to learn more: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients/room-mailboxes?view=exchserver-2019#create-a-room-list
Have you tried using Room Lists instead? They allow you to "aggregate" availability info across multiple room mailboxes, so users are presented only with free slots when trying to book a meeting within Outlook. Read here to learn more: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients/room-mailboxes?view=exchserver-2019#create-a-room-list
- JHPRRamseyJul 06, 2022Copper Contributor
Thanks for the input Vasil. However, one of the main purposes of attempting to utilize a group calendar (having a single calendar to view room bookings) doesn't seem possible with a room list.
I added the conference rooms to a room list. But when attempting to add the room list calendar to the Outlook calendar view, it adds all the room calendars separately.
Thanks,
- StevenC365Jul 06, 2022MVP
JHPRRamsey The room list will allow your users to select a list then it will automatically show available rooms only, no need to look at a calendar.
- JHPRRamseyJul 06, 2022Copper ContributorHi Steven,
There are still reasons a calendar will still need to be available.
For example, if someone wants to know who booked a room and asks admin staff, the admin team will need to be able to look at a calendar to see who booked a room. Or if a senior member of the team wants to go directly to the person who booked a room, to supersede that booking for their meeting, they'll need to be able to open a calendar to see who has the room booked.