Microsoft Bookings Buffer Time
The buffer time setting can be found just below the default duration pickers on the service details page.
Microsoft bookings buffer time. Then click on the drop down arrow next to time increments in the scheduling policy section of the page. Bookings gives you a faster alternative to time consuming and repetitive scheduling tasks all while optimizing your organizational resources. To customize bookable time increments first click the booking page link in the left navigation bar of the bookings web app.
New reasons to make microsoft bookings the go to scheduling software for your business. Set the default duration of the online meetings such as 30 minutes. Like all service defaults set on this page these defaults can be edited by you for a specific booking to meet specific customer needs.
Microsoft bookings now has multi day bookings and customizable time increments. Turn on the toggle below the buffer time your customers can t book and you will get buffer time selections that can be applied before and after the service appointment. Click here for more information on buffer times.
Integration with staff s office. This means if an appointment ends at 3 00 pm and 10 minutes of buffer time has been added to the end of the meeting the staff s calendar will show as busy and non bookable until 3 10pm. This can be useful if your staff needs time before a meeting to prepare such as a doctor reviewing a patient s chart or a financial advisor preparing relevant account information.
This is an awesome new feature. Bookings buffer stacieic i think you can live without the buffer as we are doing for student appointments and just build the hello goodbye into the 30 or 60 minute service process window. Before it can be set for a given service you must enable the buffer time setting by selecting the buffer time toggle.
November 2018 was the release date for this new feature. You can turn on the buffer time option in the services tab. By lana o brien on march 20 2017.