Spartan Bookings - Introduction and General Information

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Microsoft Bookings is used to assist with the scheduling and managing of appointments. Bookings includes a web-based booking calendar and integrates with Outlook to optimize a staff calendar and give your customers flexibility to book a time that works best for them. With built in flexibility and ability to customize, Bookings can be designed to fit the situation and needs of many different parts of your unit.

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Requesting a Booking Calendar

You may request a Bookings Calendar from this Service Offering page (link).

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Accessing your Bookings Calendar

To access your new Bookings calendar:

  1. Go to portal.office.com (link) and locate the Bookings app. If you do not see it initially, you may need to select All Apps to find it.
  2. If this is your first time opening Bookings, you will be presented with a welcome/tip screen. You can click through these tips.
  3. After you have clicked through all the tips you will be presented with a Lets get started! page. You will need to select Discover calendars and enter your newly created bookings page name (should be provided by email when created).
  4. You should now see a screen similar to the example below, and you can begin configuring your new Bookings account.
  5. Want some help or need advice on how to set up your new Bookings calendar? Check out these resources below.
  6. Lastly, if you need any additional assistance or have questions about how to achieve something specific, please feel free to reach out. We are happy to help.

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Common Problems

  • When booking, make sure you select a service first, or it will not show any available times
  • The bookings page will time out after a while. Trying to take an appointment after this time will result in a message saying it could not book the appointment.

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Article ID: 917
Created
Fri 3/17/23 10:11 PM
Modified
Fri 4/5/24 9:54 AM

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