Shared Meeting Booking

Scenario

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You want to be able to book a meeting or event with many people who are in many locations.

Solution

Add jobs to Access Accounts - IT Scenario Solution

The obvious answer is a Microsoft Exchange based meeting system - everyone's calander is already on the system, so all you have to di is pick a slot. Unfortunately, this is not always available. It's possible to create a web page (extranet) so that each person can login and allocate time that they are free. When all recipients have selected a number of times that they are free, the meeting can be booked based upon the optimum attendance.

Simple

  • the interface can be really simple as it is web based.

Practical

  • It invokes some commitment from the attendees as they have allocated the time that they are free.

Bottom line

  • You don't need a team of people to call each person and find their availability.