A better way to schedule recurring meetings
 

Problem:
It is difficult to schedule recurring meetings in outlook. When scheduling
the meeting you can clearly see the availably of participants for the first
occurrence. But for subsequent occurrences you have to scroll out (sometimes
weeks). This is compounded with resource type invitees (conference rooms)
which will automatically reject the entire series if one of the occurrences
has a conflict.

Ideas:
-Provide a lower zoom. 50% is currently the minimum which will show about 2
weeks when viewing the scheduling view (calendar). For multi-week
recurrences it would be nice to be able to see a couple months at a time.
i.e 25%, 12.5%
-Provide better visibility for recurring appointments on the scheduling
view. This is a minor color change which is difficult to see and even harder
when you zoom out (75%, 50%). Make it more noticeable. With the goal of
identifying conflicts.
-Emphasize through color or some other method, conflicts on the scheduling
view. Specifically for resource type invitees. Humans can juggle their
schedule. Auto respond resources can't.


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