Introduction
Bookings with me in Outlook is a web-based personal scheduling page that integrates with the free/busy information from your Outlook calendar. Bookings with me lets people schedule a meeting or appointment with you. You can create custom meeting types to share with others so they can easily schedule time with you based on your availability and preferences. You both get an email confirmation and attendees can update or cancel scheduled meetings with you from your Bookings with me page.
Bookings with me is an ideal solution for enterprise, small business, and users in education to schedule 1:1 meetings with those outside and inside their organizations. Below are a few examples of how you can use Bookings with me.
- Schedule interviews with external candidates
- Set up customer and client meetings
- Schedule tech support
- Set up office hours
- Set up mentoring hours
- 1:1 meetings with direct reports
- Lunch and coffee breaks
Instructions
Create Bookings with me
- Open Outlook on the web.
- Select Calendar.
- Select the Create bookings page link that appears in your calendar to create Bookings with me.
Select either Public or Private to create your Bookings with me calendar.
Configure your meeting as needed and select Save at the top right corner when done.
Your Bookings with me portal will now show your created calendar.
Select the Share button at the top right to provide access to your Bookings with me page.
When using the link, guests will be presented with the dashboard below to generate a meeting on your calendar.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Bookings and Bookings with me?
Bookings with me integrates with your Outlook calendar and can only be used for 1:1 meetings. Bookings with me is intended for scheduling meeting times with individual users. Bookings is intended for managing scheduling for a group of people.
Also, Bookings with me won't create a new mailbox for each Bookings with me page.
Why is Bookings with me in preview?
Bookings with me is in preview for all enterprise users worldwide. We're collecting feedback and making improvement while it is being integrated into scheduling experiences in Bookings and Outlook.
Who can access my public Bookings page?
Public meeting types can be accessed by anyone that has your Bookings with me page address. You decide who you share your Bookings with me page address with. For more information, see Select a meeting time in Bookings with me.
What is the difference between public and private meeting types?
Meeting types can be public or private. Public meeting types are available to anyone that you share your Bookings page link with. Private meeting types are only available to people that you share the individual private meeting type with.
Private meeting types can also generate single use links. Single use links expire after their first booking. For more information, see setup Bookings with me meeting types.
Do people need to have a Microsoft account or Bookings license to schedule time with me?
No. Anyone can schedule time with you using your Bookings with me page, even if they don’t have a Microsoft account. You need a Bookings license to create a Bookings with me page.