Outlook 2003 Resource Scheduling

[stillers67]

I currently have several conference rooms set up to be able to directly
book the room by inviting it as a resource. This is working ok, but
some users will open the calendar by "Open a Shared Calendar"
selecting the conference room and directly reserving a time on the
room's calendar. All the users have Author privileges to the
resource calendar, so that we can directly book by inviting the room as
a resource. I've tried to change the default permissions to
"Reviewer", but then it breaks the direct booking.
Is there any way to block users from opening a resource calendar
directly and reserving the resource?
We're running Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2000.

Thanks!

Mike Roberts

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Training is your friend. Anything that is possible to do in a program WILL
be done if a user can figure out how. A 30 minutes training course (even a
PowerPoint presentation) on how to book resources will probably give you the
most satisfaction and eliminate the need to find a method to restrict users.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
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After furious head scratching, (e-mail address removed) asked:

| I currently have several conference rooms set up to be able to
| directly book the room by inviting it as a resource. This is working
| ok, but some users will open the calendar by "Open a Shared Calendar"
| selecting the conference room and directly reserving a time on the
| room's calendar. All the users have Author privileges to the
| resource calendar, so that we can directly book by inviting the room
| as a resource. I've tried to change the default permissions to
| "Reviewer", but then it breaks the direct booking.
| Is there any way to block users from opening a resource calendar
| directly and reserving the resource?
| We're running Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2000.
|
| Thanks!
|
| Mike Roberts