What is Microsoft Bookings?
Microsoft Bookings simplifies appointment scheduling by allowing you or your office to share your availability for meetings, appointments, and events through a public or private Bookings page. Bookings integrates directly with your Microsoft 365 calendar on Outlook or Teams. It is very similar to Calendly, but included for free as part of our CUNY Microsoft 365 platform.
By sharing your calendar availability recipients can see available times and book a meeting by selecting a time slot. The meeting time is automatically added to your calendar.
Can I create a shared office calendar that allows students to book their own appointments?
Yes. You can create and publish multiple shared Bookings pages, each with its own set of services. Bookings manages service availability and matches it with your staff availability. You can hide or show individual staff members from the bookings page.
How do I start using the Bookings app?
Via the Web
Open outlook.office.com/bookings or book.ms
(sign in using your CUNY Login)
Via Outlook and Teams
- Open Outlook or Microsoft Teams.
- Navigate to the left rail.
- Select the Apps icon.
- Search for Microsoft Bookings.
- Select Add to integrate it into your Outlook or Teams interface.
- Pin the app to the left rail for easy and quick access.
Learning more about Bookings
Get up and running with the basics of Bookings with these resources:
- Microsoft Bookings — intro to all the core features and short videos by Microsoft
- What is Bookings (1 min 16 sec video)
- CUNY CIS Training — Bookings for Beginners (41 min)
- Covers all core features
- Shared/office calendar: starts at 19:50
- Setting up services: starts at 28:53