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

Summary

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

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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 business closures.

 

Instructions

Step 1 - Go to book.ms or open the Bookings app in Outlook or Teams and  select your Shared booking page.

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

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.

Step 5 - Select all staff members.

Step 6 - Select Create time off.

 

Outcome

You have scheduled a business closure.

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Task: To schedule employee time off.

 

Instructions

Step 1 - Go to book.ms or open the Bookings app in Outlook or Teams and  select your Shared booking page.

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

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

Step 5 - Select the staff member or members who are taking the time off.

Step 6 - Select Create time off.

 

Outcome

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

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Article ID: 2254
Created
Tue 4/14/20 3:03 PM
Modified
Mon 10/20/25 1:39 PM
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