Hi, I´m runing Exchange 2010 multi-tenant mode w/Outlook 2010. And was wondering if there was a possibility when a person books a resource, that the only entry that is listed, is on the resource's calendar and not the person who book the resource. This considering that the person who book the resource, is only responsible for the booking and is not in need of the resource itself. Or else there will be alot of "extra" events in this person´s calendar also. Or is the only way to create a separate mail account for these resources? Regards nPulz

If you allow direct-booking, you can do that. In other words, set the permissions on the resource calendars so that the user's can open the calendar directly and simply create an appointment on it. Not typically recommended however.

Thanks for a fast reply, why isn´t it typically recommended? Is there a better solution to this isue then?

Thanks for a fast reply, why isn´t it typically recommended? Is there a better solution to this isue then? Direct booking means users have more access than they really need to create appointments. Best practice is to give everyone Reviewer rights only and let Exchange handle the booking itself. I dont think there is a better solution out of the box.

Ok, is there a way to do this on all the resource calendars in powershell at once? Or do i need to add the rights on each resource on by one?

Use the add-mailboxfolderpermission cmd. Add-MailboxFolderPermission http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd298062.aspx The article below goes over some caveats of direct booking, the bigguest issue being that users will need to have editor\write access so anyone can modify\delete other peoples events. Exchange 2003 Auto Accept Agent vs. direct booking http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2006/02/22/420275.aspx James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

Note that Direct Booking is not allowed by default when using Outlook 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982774 To allow it, see the KB above.