Microsoft Bookings: Personal Bookings Advanced Options
In Microsoft Bookings, we can use Advanced Options to set buffer time, meeting intervals, and lead time. Note: Bookings is accessible from Microsoft Teams, New Outlook Desktop, or Outlook Web. If we do not see Bookings in the left sidebar, make sure to pin it. While the following tutorial focuses on the Calendar and Meeting app in Microsoft Teams, the same process can be used to pin Bookings:
Microsoft Teams: Pin the Calendar and Meet
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Buffer Time
Buffer time can be useful for providing us with time before or after meetings. This allows us a modicum of breathing room and preparation time.
| 1 | Either click on an existing Personal bookings or click on Create meeting type. | 
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| 2 | Click on Advanced options |
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| 3 | Set an amount of buffer time before or after a meeting. We recommend setting at least 10 minutes buffer time after a meeting. |
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| 4 | “Limit start time to” allows us to set the choices for the start time when someone schedule a meeting with us. Depending on the default length of the meeting, it might be a good idea to set the “Limit start time to” to match. For example, for 30 minute meetings, set the “Limit start time to” 30-min intervals. For 1 hour meetings, set it to 1-hour intervals. |
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| 5 | When done, click on Save in the upper-right. Make sure to review your Personal Bookings page and check that the availability and start times matches up with your Outlook Calendar. |
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Lead Time
Lead time allows us to prevent last-minute meetings while still allowing people to set up meetings with us in advance.
| 1 | Either click on an existing Personal bookings or click on Create meeting type. |
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| 2 | Click on Advanced options |
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| 3 | Set the Minimum and Maximum lead times. Minimum lead time prevents last-minute meetings from being scheduled. We recommend leaving this at the default, 1 day. Maximum lead time is how far in advance we would like people to schedule a meeting. We recommend changing this from 365 days to 30 days. To do so, click on Custom and select 30 days. |
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| 4 | Click on Save in the upper-right. |
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