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What is Microsoft Bookings?
Microsoft Bookings is a scheduling tool and is part of the Microsoft Office 365 family of products. Through an easy to create website, Bookings allows end-users to view calendars and schedule appointment. Bookings uses a person's Outlook calendar to find available times real-time. Bookings gives you a fast, easy alternative to time-consuming, frustrating phone-scheduling. An easy-to-set-up, customizable web page lets people find available times and book appointments 24/7.
Who can use it?
Bookings is available for free for all faculty and staff as part of Office 365.
Features and Benefits
- Online appointment booking
- Real-time appointment availability
- Outlook calendar integration including automatic updates
- Automated email confirmations and reminders
- Appointment rescheduling and cancellations
- Integration with Microsoft Teams
- 120 days of appointment history (60 days past, 60 days future)
- Unique appointment scheduling web page
Why should I use Bookings?
- Faculty can provide their availability for office hours and allow students to book appointments
- Departments can schedule appointments with internal and external community members for a center, project or group
- A department chair or administrator could create an office hours calendar with slots for multiple faculty members
How do I start using Bookings?
Any staff or faculty member can create their own Bookings page. To get started:
- Login to Office 365 through mySMU
- Click All Apps, then Bookings.
- Integrate with Outlook
- Integrate with Teams
Training Resources
Bookings resources from Microsoft:
Faculty and staff also have access to Bookings video training from LinkedIn Learning.