Conference rooms don't show up in "suggested times"

In Outlook 2007, we've discovered that when scheduling a meeting using the
Scheduling Assistant, if you add a conference room as a resource (or through
"Add Rooms..."), the Suggested Times column does not include the room. In
other words, i create a meeting request from my own calendar in Outlook. If
i click on the Scheduling Assistant and look at the Suggested Times column,
it says "1 of 1 free". That 1 would be me. If i add a room, it still says
"1 of 1 free". If i add people to the meeting request, they DO show up in
the Suggested Times column.



This only happens when i add the room as a room/resource. If i select the
room and add it as Required, it is included in the Suggested Times.



Is that normal Outlook behavior? It seems like you'd want to be able to add
a room AS a room/resource, and not a human attendee and still have it
included in the Suggested Times.



All the rooms are configured as resources on the back-end of our Exchange
2007 (SP1) infrastructure.





Any help is appreciated.

I have not seen this. But I haven't looked. Very interesting to me.
What are you using for your resources? Auto-Accept or the new
Xcng 2007 or Public Folder Calendars?

Nikki Peterson

"jim" <jim@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> In Outlook 2007, we've discovered that when scheduling a meeting using the
> Scheduling Assistant, if you add a conference room as a resource (or
> through "Add Rooms..."), the Suggested Times column does not include the
> room. In other words, i create a meeting request from my own calendar in
> Outlook. If i click on the Scheduling Assistant and look at the Suggested
> Times column, it says "1 of 1 free". That 1 would be me. If i add a
> room, it still says "1 of 1 free". If i add people to the meeting
> request, they DO show up in the Suggested Times column.
>
> This only happens when i add the room as a room/resource. If i select the
> room and add it as Required, it is included in the Suggested Times.
>
> Is that normal Outlook behavior? It seems like you'd want to be able to
> add a room AS a room/resource, and not a human attendee and still have it
> included in the Suggested Times.
>
> All the rooms are configured as resources on the back-end of our Exchange
> 2007 (SP1) infrastructure.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

Auto-Accept.


"Nikki Peterson" <SkippyLetterman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have not seen this. But I haven't looked. Very interesting to me.
> What are you using for your resources? Auto-Accept or the new
> Xcng 2007 or Public Folder Calendars?
>
> Nikki Peterson
>
> "jim" <jim@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:O69t2vKpIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> In Outlook 2007, we've discovered that when scheduling a meeting using
>> the Scheduling Assistant, if you add a conference room as a resource (or
>> through "Add Rooms..."), the Suggested Times column does not include the
>> room. In other words, i create a meeting request from my own calendar in
>> Outlook. If i click on the Scheduling Assistant and look at the
>> Suggested Times column, it says "1 of 1 free". That 1 would be me. If i
>> add a room, it still says "1 of 1 free". If i add people to the meeting
>> request, they DO show up in the Suggested Times column.
>>
>> This only happens when i add the room as a room/resource. If i select
>> the room and add it as Required, it is included in the Suggested Times.
>>
>> Is that normal Outlook behavior? It seems like you'd want to be able to
>> add a room AS a room/resource, and not a human attendee and still have it
>> included in the Suggested Times.
>>
>> All the rooms are configured as resources on the back-end of our Exchange
>> 2007 (SP1) infrastructure.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated.
>

With Exchange 2003?

Nikki

"jim" <jim@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Auto-Accept.
>
>
> "Nikki Peterson" <SkippyLetterman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:EDA94619-9587-48E0-9E49-07FA3A00B297@microsoft.com...
>>I have not seen this. But I haven't looked. Very interesting to me.
>> What are you using for your resources? Auto-Accept or the new
>> Xcng 2007 or Public Folder Calendars?
>>
>> Nikki Peterson
>>
>> "jim" <jim@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:O69t2vKpIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> In Outlook 2007, we've discovered that when scheduling a meeting using
>>> the Scheduling Assistant, if you add a conference room as a resource (or
>>> through "Add Rooms..."), the Suggested Times column does not include the
>>> room. In other words, i create a meeting request from my own calendar
>>> in Outlook. If i click on the Scheduling Assistant and look at the
>>> Suggested Times column, it says "1 of 1 free". That 1 would be me. If
>>> i add a room, it still says "1 of 1 free". If i add people to the
>>> meeting request, they DO show up in the Suggested Times column.
>>>
>>> This only happens when i add the room as a room/resource. If i select
>>> the room and add it as Required, it is included in the Suggested Times.
>>>
>>> Is that normal Outlook behavior? It seems like you'd want to be able to
>>> add a room AS a room/resource, and not a human attendee and still have
>>> it included in the Suggested Times.
>>>
>>> All the rooms are configured as resources on the back-end of our
>>> Exchange 2007 (SP1) infrastructure.
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>
>
>