Again, you can't. Users must have the Author role to be able to perform direct booking.

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"Bryan - " wrote in message ...
Direct booking is more important.

Having said that, how do I restrict calendars so they can't even pull them
up? Will taking "folder visible" off cause any issues w/ direct booking?

Thanks,
Bryan

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You have to choose which is more important -- direct booking or Reviewer access. They are mutually exclusive.


"Bryan - " wrote in message ...
Here's what I want to do:

Make resource calendars VIEW ONLY so our folks can pull them up under "Other
Calendars" and look at them without editing them in any way. It seems that
the default access for resource calendars is Author permission. This is
what's required to allow direct booking. The problem here is that when you
view the actual calendar as a shared calendar, it lets you book over
reservations that are already there.