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Using Direct Resource Booking in Exchange 2007
It is possible to use Direct Resource Booking with Exchange 2007 but it is not the recommended
scenario and functionality is reduced compared to Exchange 2003. This manual is not written to
describe the combination of Exchange 2007 and Direct Resource Booking. For those that wish to
continue to use this model, the additional details below are provided to account for differences in the
regular manual text as it relates to Direct Resource Booking.
You must have Public Folders deployed in your Exchange Organization.
When upgrading from Exchange 2003, and reusing existing accounts, do not convert the
mailboxes to type room or equipment – leave them as user mailboxes.
To use Direct Resource Booking, an account must be a user mailbox type, not a room or
equipment type. This means you can not use the Configuration Utility to create new mailbox
accounts. You may follow the steps in the Appendix for using Cisco TMSXE with Separate Admin
roles to manually create accounts.
The Editor and Author permission groups are not populated by default in Exchange 2007 installs.
These should be defined and used as they were in Exchange 2003 to properly grant users the
ability to directly book in an account's calendar. Ensure the groups are defined, and use the 'Add
Calendar Permissions' action in the Operations Tab of the Configuration Utility to add the
permissions to selected accounts.
The 'Enable AutoBooking' action will not be available in the Configuration Utility. Follow the steps
in the section Manually Enabling Auto-Accept to enable Auto-Accept in the calendar of newly
created resources.
Users who incorrectly try to use Email invitations to an account bookable only through Direct
Resource Booking (a user mailbox instead of a room or equipment mailbox) will not get a reject
message nor will the meeting be booked.
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