What is Microsoft Bookings?
Microsoft Bookings is a scheduling tool and is part of聽the Microsoft Office 365 family of products.聽 Through an easy to create聽website, Bookings聽allows end-users to view calendars and schedule聽appointment.聽 Bookings uses a person's Outlook calendar to find available times real-time.聽 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.
Cost and Eligibility:
Bookings is聽available for free for all 快活app faculty, staff and students as part of the Office365 Suite.
Features and Benefits
- Online appointment booking
- Real-time appointment availability聽
- Outlook calendar integration聽including automatic updates
- Automated email confirmations and reminders
- Appointment rescheduling and聽cancellations
- Integration with Microsoft Teams
- 120 days of appointment history (60 days past, 60 days future)
- Unique appointment scheduling web page
- Appointment reassignment between staff members
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聽department chair or administrator could create an office hours calendar with slots for multiple faculty members.
How do I start using Bookings?
Any actively enrolled student or currently employed staff or faculty member聽can聽create their own聽Bookings page.聽To get started:
- Login in to聽聽with your 快活app email and password.
- Click All Apps, then Bookings.
Training Resources
Bookings resources from Microsoft:聽
Faculty and staff also have access to Bookings video training from LinkedIn Learning.