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Lynn Towle
Jul 08, 2021Iron Contributor
Teams Rooms Standard license and Exchange Online Mailbox and Calendar
We've been exploring using Teams rooms standard licensing instead of E3 licensing, but the Teams room standard licensing doesn't seem to create an actual mailbox, nor a calendar? (Unless we have some...
Lynn Towle
Jul 08, 2021Iron Contributor
Yes, we did that. The licensing is what gives the account a mailbox, and the standard room license doesn't seem to do that.
pvanberlo
Jul 08, 2021Steel Contributor
That’s correct. A room mailbox does not require a license. And should be created manually as part of the setup. I don’t expect a Teams Room Standard license assignment to do this for you.
- Lynn TowleJul 08, 2021Iron ContributorSo weird thing, it just took forever to allow access to the calendar, as in a few days. Just gave me access about an hour ago. Yes, resource accounts shouldn't need additional licensing, but the way it was acting with no calendar access, it looked like a licensing issue. Not being able to see the calendar would have been very problematic for end users. Can also delegate the calendar, so that is awesome as well. (I don't care about an actual mailbox, but the calendar is a must)
- justinblissJul 08, 2021Brass ContributorWe have found it can take up to 48 hours for the accounts to start working correctly after creation with the Teams Room License.
- Lynn TowleJul 09, 2021Iron ContributorThis was more like 96. C'est la vie.