Microsoft Bookings

Great Booking and Appointment Management System

Pluspunten:

Great solution under the same subscription which is already semintegrated with familiar Microsoft tools. Incredible performance overall and syncronization across different devices and apps.

Minpunten:

Permission control could have been handled better and access to the booking system via other Microsoft platforms and add ons is rather difficult. Same goes for usual utilities and options which are available on other Microsoft applications. Still it is easy it integrate and manage, but not with other soft than Teams.

Vital for distributed teams with multiple systems

Opmerkingen: We have people all over the country using many different systems to book time with our staff. Bookings takes the guess work out and allows users to control their calendars more effectively. If someone is attempting to schedule a meeting and isn't on the network, we immediately provide the link to our Bookings page and make it easier on everyone.

Pluspunten:

There are many tools that provide the same type of service as Bookings but the security of the Microsoft suite was important to us. We've previously used other tools but we were able to get everyone into Bookings which made training and troubleshooting easier for the entire staff. Our recruiters are asked to meet with students daily and rather than emailing the student their available times, recruiters can simply provide a link to the calendar which allows students to pick an available time simply. We work with several partners who don't have visibility to calendars when scheduling meeting. Access to the individuals' bookings page makes scheduling easier and reduces the chances of people getting double booked. Meetings booked through a Bookings page is moved over to the Outlook calendar with a notification. Cancellations are also updated in Outlook and the attendees are notified.

Minpunten:

The customization opportunities are limited. Users can set things like email reminders and calendar invites, and modify color schemes and logos. Would like to see more integrations with other MS products. For example, if a meeting is booked that is going to require a conference call or an online software. It would be nice to automatically have a Microsoft Teams meeting and invite created and emailed to the participants. Ability to create a one-time bookings page that incorporates the calendars of several people would be a nice addition to the product.

Simple and Functional Bookings

Opmerkingen: I love it. It has saved me a lot of time and hassle. It is fully functional and simple to use. I highly recommend it for everyone who needs to have meetings regularly.

Pluspunten:

I like how easy it is to do what it says it can do - Book a meeting. Instead of mentioning our available time and going back and forth about the availability of both parties, I just give the booking link and it gets easy for everyone. I also like that I don't have to pay anything extra since it is included with the Office subscription. Other thing I like very much about Microsoft Bookings is that the bookings and cancellations are automatically updated in my calendar so that if someone books a meeting but cancels it, other people can again book at that particular time slot.

Minpunten:

I wish it automatically created teams meeting once the booking is done (similar to calendly), but it doesn't. I also wish we could customize the booking link to match the theme of our website. Other than this, there aren't many cons of Microsoft Bookings.

Great tool but limited options

Opmerkingen: It works great for booking but very limited options.

Pluspunten:

Booking is great to create reservation pages to book time with other people. Also when you have a service in your organisation it helps book the schedule of a team.

Minpunten:

I find booking a little useless since you have the functionality Find Time in Outlook that really simplify booking time and meeting with other colleague. If booking had more options to book rooms from various levels and various locations I think that would make this product even better.

MS Bookings For The Win.

Opmerkingen: Despite the smaller number of options, this is my go to scheduling package.

Pluspunten:

Seamless integration with Outlook and Teams.

Minpunten:

Not as many customization options as other platforms.