Bookings: external user cannot avoid conflicts in calendar

Question

Hello there,

I need to create a Shared Bookings calendar and collaborate with external resources as staff. The external resource is also in M365 and has shared their calendar with me. I created the Shared Bookings calendar, but when I invite the external resource to the staff, the only option I have is to assign the “Guest” role. With the Guest role, it is not possible to avoid conflicts in their calendar because the option “Events on Office calendar affect availability” is disabled.

How can I sync my Shared Bookings calendar with the calendar of an external staff member who has already shared their calendar with me?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Dear Sergio SV,

Good day! Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community.

I do understand your query here about Microsoft Bookings. Kindly note that Microsoft has specific support channel resource for certain different support scope and attributes, we belong to Microsoft Forum Community mainly focused on Micrsoft 365 Exchange online. Therefore, we have limited knowledge about some aspects of Microsoft Bookings related scenarios.

For your concern, we have a dedicated team with special expertise in Bookings and related queries, so would you mind connecting and posting your query on our dedicated community Microsoft Bookings - Microsoft Community Hub? I believe they will give you accurate and efficient solution for your concern.

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