Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23

The Resource Booking Attendant can accept or decline resource requests based upon policies that you create. If the Resource Booking Attendant is enabled, it uses the booking policies to determine if incoming requests will be accepted or declined. If the Resource Booking Attendant is disabled, the resource mailbox's delegate must accept or decline all requests. For more information about booking policies, see Configure the Automated Booking Policies for a Resource Mailbox.

Looking for other management tasks related to resource mailboxes? Check out Managing Resource Mailboxes and Scheduling.

Use the EMC to enable or disable automatic booking on a resource mailbox

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Resource Mailbox Configuration Permissions" section in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Mailbox.

  2. In the result pane, select the resource mailbox that you want to configure.

  3. In the action pane, under the name of the resource mailbox, click Properties.

  4. In <Resource Mailbox Name> Properties, on the Resource General tab, do one of the following:

    • To enable the Resource Booking Attendant, select the Enable the Resource Booking Attendant check box. This allows the Resource Booking Attendant to process resource requests and cancellations automatically.

    • To disable the Resource Booking Attendant, clear the Enable the Resource Booking Attendant check box.

  5. Click Apply to apply the changes, or click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog box.

Use the Shell to enable automatic booking on a resource mailbox

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Resource Mailbox Configuration Permissions" section in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example enables the Resource Booking Attendant for the resource mailbox Room 222 by setting the AutomateProcessing parameter to AutoAccept. With this setting enabled, the Resource Booking Attendant will use the booking policies to determine if incoming requests will be accepted or declined.

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Set-CalendarProcessing "Room 222" -AutomateProcessing AutoAccept

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-CalendarProcessing.

Use the Shell to disable automatic booking on a resource mailbox

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Resource Mailbox Configuration Permissions" section in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example disables the Resource Booking Attendant for the resource mailbox Car 54 by setting the AutomateProcessing parameter to AutoUpdate. With this setting enabled, the Resource Booking Attendant is disabled, but the Calendar Attendant is still enabled.

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Set-CalendarProcessing "Car 54" -AutomateProcessing AutoUpdate

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-CalendarProcessing.

Other Tasks

After you enable automatic booking on a resource mailbox, you may also want to configure the policies for accepting or declining requests. For detailed steps, see Configure User and Resource Mailbox Properties.