Does anyone know a way to direct book a resource in Exchange, but
before the resource is officially booked, require a resource
administrator to approve it?

For example, I want to Book Conference Room A.
In the way that KB 291616 describes, but before the room is actually
booked, I need one more step - an approval by the "owner" of the
resource.

Is this possible?

Those are two mutually exclusive behaviors. "Direct booking" means "book without requiring anyone to approve it." You have to choose which method you want to use.

FYI, Exchange 2007 will make what you want possible.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Mark A. Dudley" wrote in message ...
Does anyone know a way to direct book a resource in Exchange, but
before the resource is officially booked, require a resource
administrator to approve it?

For example, I want to Book Conference Room A.
In the way that KB 291616 describes, but before the room is actually
booked, I need one more step - an approval by the "owner" of the
resource.

Is this possible?

Sue,

Thanks for your reply.

What is happening now is that we send a meeting request inviting
Conference Room owner and enter TDB in the location The Owner then
manually checks availability using their own system and follows up
with the requester with an approval. The requester then send out a
meeting update listing the actual resource.

I thought about making the Owner a delegate to the resource, having
the end user book meeting and the resource. Then if the Owner has an
exception they notify the requester and the requester is then
responsible for changing the request.

This changes a complete 2 step process into a 1 step process unless
there is an exception.

Would there be an easier way to do this? It's all about control.

Those are two mutually exclusive behaviors. "Direct booking" means "book without requiring anyone to approve it." You have to choose which method you want to use.

FYI, Exchange 2007 will make what you want possible.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Mark A. Dudley" wrote in message ...
Does anyone know a way to direct book a resource in Exchange, but
before the resource is officially booked, require a resource
administrator to approve it?

For example, I want to Book Conference Room A.
In the way that KB 291616 describes, but before the room is actually
booked, I need one more step - an approval by the "owner" of the
resource.

Is this possible?

Would there be an easier way to do this? It's all about control.

Given the control you want, there is no easier way, at least not until Exchange 2007 ships.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Mark A. Dudley" wrote in message ...
Sue,

Thanks for your reply.

What is happening now is that we send a meeting request inviting
Conference Room owner and enter TDB in the location The Owner then
manually checks availability using their own system and follows up
with the requester with an approval. The requester then send out a
meeting update listing the actual resource.

I thought about making the Owner a delegate to the resource, having
the end user book meeting and the resource. Then if the Owner has an
exception they notify the requester and the requester is then
responsible for changing the request.

This changes a complete 2 step process into a 1 step process unless
there is an exception.

Would there be an easier way to do this? It's all about control.

Those are two mutually exclusive behaviors. "Direct booking" means "book without requiring anyone to approve it." You have to choose which method you want to use.

FYI, Exchange 2007 will make what you want possible.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Mark A. Dudley" wrote in message ...
Does anyone know a way to direct book a resource in Exchange, but
before the resource is officially booked, require a resource
administrator to approve it?

For example, I want to Book Conference Room A.
In the way that KB 291616 describes, but before the room is actually
booked, I need one more step - an approval by the "owner" of the
resource.

Is this possible?