Feb 26 2017 07:21 PM
I just set up Bookings and did a test to see if an existing busy appointment would be recognised and prevent booking during those hours. It permitted a conflicting appointment. Does Bookings take a while to sync busy/free time or is there some other kind of issue here?
Mar 01 2017 12:46 PM
This is something that the Bookings team has been working on and is in the process of rolling out to the customers. Check the uservoice forum for more details.
Mar 17 2017 09:31 AM
Aug 14 2020 08:01 AM
@Chandresh Jain - Hello - I just setup Bookings but am having this same problem - nothing from my Office 365 Outlook is showing on my Bookings calendar as Busy, it's all just blank and Available, leading to conflicting appointments be set. I see this was supposed fixed 3 years ago - is there something I need to enable somewhere to allow this integration?
Aug 14 2020 09:26 AM
Hi @REDzero5 - Sorry you are having issues.
Could you please confirm a couple of things?
1. You are one of staff members selected to be able to perform the services - This means that when you go to "Services", in the "Assigned staff" your name is there.
2. Your Office 365 account you use in Outlook and the account used to access Bookings are the same
3. In "Staff", when you edit your name/user, the box for "Events on Office calendar affect availability"
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks!
Aug 25 2020 02:50 PM
@Gabo Hi! I am using Bookings and I have checked all of these things. It still allows students to book time when my Outlook calendar says I am busy. Can you please help?
Aug 25 2020 02:51 PM
y@REDzero5 Hi! Did you get any help with this?
Aug 25 2020 02:52 PM
@Chandresh Jain My Bookings is allowing students to book when I have appointments marked as "busy" on my outlook calendar
Oct 30 2020 07:54 AM
@Gabo - I have the exact same problem. All of my settings match what you have in the screenshots. When I make changes to free/busy info and when I try to add a staff member to a service, it does not save.
Nov 02 2020 02:08 AM
Hi @Gabo,
I have also got the exact same issue as others have reported, and my settings match what you showed in screenshot.
Do staff need to "re-authorize" bookings to access their calendar? My company is making users change their AD/O365 password at a certain interval, so wondered if that could cause some kind of conflict?
Jan 04 2021 03:11 PM
@amysj I am having the same issue. It works for my calendar free/busy -I created the Booking Page and I am a Bookings admin. However, it does not pull free/busy for "staff" members I assigned who are licensed (E3) members of the organization.
Jan 10 2021 07:01 AM
Feb 09 2021 09:51 AM
@@EmilyB195 I had the same problem. In my case I use Outlook for Desktop. They way I resolved it was by going to my calendar in Outlook for Desktop that is synced with 365. Right clicked the calendar, went into properties, then permissions tab. For the Default user I modified the Read settings to Free/Busy time. Bookings immediately removed my existing calendar appointments from availability.
Feb 26 2021 10:44 AM
@PlanoCPA I am trying to replicate your fix. I am running into difficulties. Can you give more details?
Aug 20 2021 09:45 AM
@Chandresh JainI I work with the IT at my University and some faculty are having issues with MS bookings. When they set there appropriate times and days for office hours, it populates a different date and time for the public to. Please we would need some troubleshooting or solution to this issue. I already looked this issue on the web but can't find an answer.
Aug 25 2021 02:18 AM - edited Aug 25 2021 02:19 AM
In general the timings will be changed as shown as per the customer time zone.
Can you please provide the repro steps for us to try what is the issue , Please provide the repro steps and expected and actual behavior
Sep 20 2021 11:03 AM
Jul 26 2022 08:00 PM
This didn't work for me. I am still able to book meetings when I know the calendar says they are busy? does anyone else have any other ideas?
Nov 15 2022 11:49 AM
One needs to ensure the proper time zone is selected for each user.
And that the Calendar Events affect availability is checked.
Nov 15 2022 11:51 AM