I think the 6-month period can be changed in the Resource Settings in OWA. I put mine at a year.
Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and attachments, if any, or the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Direct Resource booking for Exchange 2003 Interesting. So, if I, as a lowly accountant who is not a member of this group, try to book a conference room as a resource (not as an optional or mandatory attendee), the attempt fails? That's not what is wanted. I wish anyone to be able to book the resource as a resource, but not as a mandatory or optional attendee. Further, I want to arrange it so that people who open the calendar for the resource directly are prevented from entering new appointments directly, or deleting existing ones. I'm beginning to suspect that this won't work with the direct booking model, and that I might have to implement Auto Accept Agent. The benefit from that, according to http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/02/22/420275.aspx is that the limit is 6 months. I'd like it to be 1 year, but I can probably persuade folks to live with 6 months. Kurt On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:47, Chinnery, Paul <pa...@mmcwm.com> wrote: > Kurt, > > I would think it is the same. We upgraded from 2000 to 2007 last year. We > have a Meeting Planners security group set up in AD. They are the only ones > who can book resources. Works fine for us. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:59 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Direct Resource booking for Exchange 2003 > > All, > > There is advice in this link: > http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/skedresource.asp#ol2000 > > :TIP: Using your Exchange Server administration tool, > set the mailbox to not accept messages from anyone. > (A distribution list or security group is good for this.) > That way, if users forget and add the resource as a > required or optional attendee, the request will bounce > back to them from the resource mailbox. > > And, I do specifically remember our Exchange 5.5 server being > configured this way. However, after being told that some mysterious > things are happening with our resource calendars, I find (using ADUC) > that all of the resources are configured to accept mail from anyone. > > However, my memory of what happened during our upgrade is dim and > vague, and I was wondering if the tip above still applies, or if > things work differently. > > I ask, because as a test I disabled sending email on one resource, and > almost immediately got a complaint from one of our staff that she was > getting refused email notifications on a long-standing recurring > meeting, and it looked to me as if she had done the correct thing by > booking the room as a resource, so I've switched it back to the way it > was. > > I've done some googling, and don't see clear guidance on this, so a > word from someone more knowledgeable than me would be appreciated. > > Lastly, will following the tip above prevent someone from opening a > resource calendar and directly entering an appointment in it? If not, > is there a way to do that and preserve direct resource booking? > > Kurt > >
