Bookings: Scheduling Business Closures, Time Off, and Vacation Time

Summary

This article describes how to schedule business closures and schedule employee time offs.

 

How-To

Occasionally, you'll want to close your business for holidays or team events, and your employees will need time off when they're sick, on vacation, or unavailable for other reasons. You can schedule time off from the Microsoft Bookings calendar, and the employee will be unavailable for bookings during the specified time. Once the business reopens or employees return to work, everyone will be listed on the booking page according to their established work hours 

 

Task: To schedule ad hoc business closures.

 

Instructions

Step 1 - In Office 365, select the app launcher, and then select Bookings.

Step 2 - In the navigation pane, select Calendar > Time off.

Time off button on Bookings calendar page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3 - Fill in the details, including a title, start and end date and times, location, and additional notes.

Step 4 - Select All day event.

Example of how the time off details might look with title, starte and end times, and description provided

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 5 - Select all staff members.

Step 6 - Select Save.

 

Outcome

What users can expect to happen after completing the steps in the how-to knowledge base article.

When the office is closed customers will see a message that says no availability. Choose another date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Task: To schedule employee time off.

 

Instructions

Step 1 - In Office 365, select the app launcher, and then select Bookings.

AppLauncher with Bookings tile highlighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2 - In the navigation pane, select Calendar > Time off.

Time off button on Bookings calendar page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3 - Fill in the details, including a title, start and end date and times, location, and additional notes. If the employee will be gone for a full day or for several days, select All day event.

Step 4 - Select the staff member or members who are taking the time off.

Step 5 - Select Save.

 

Outcome

The date and time of the time off are added to the calendar.

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