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"Resource Central" delivers 

Meeting Room Booking  and 

Resource Scheduling capabilities

for MS Exchange and Outlook

 
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Benefits of Resource Central

 

  • Easy to use meeting room booking software solution which saves times and money by completing your meeting arrangements quickly and efficiently

  • Allows you to order all extra services from one central spot- including catering, audio visual, transportation, seating arrangements and etc.

  • It avoids unnecessary costs and frustration due to communication delay's.

  • Completes the order-to-invoice process for both internal and external invoices by integrating the system with your companies financial system.

  • You can view all reservations and orders in a separate service provider module.

 
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Screenshots for Resource Central

 

Room Service Order Form:

 

Step 1:

Search for and book available resources with Resource Finder in your Outlookmeeting request

Step 2:

 

Order what you need and notify all service providers automatically

Step3:

 

Web based admin module for service providers - view or print orders and reports

For further information about Resource Central please click on this link

 

Resource Central Brochure

 

 
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Datasheets for Resource Central

 

 
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Product Requirements of Resource Central

 

  • Microsoft Exchange 2003 or 2007, 2010 coming soon

  • Windows 2003 or newer

Web server

  • Windows 2000 with IIS 5.0 installed or newer

  • Windows XP with IIS 5.1 installed or newer

  • Windows Server 2003 family with IIS 6.0 installed and ASP enabled.

Database server (optional)

  • Microsoft SQL 7.0 – Service Pack 4

  • Microsoft SQL 2000 (SQL) – Service Pack 2

  • Microsoft MSDE

Client

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer (to order)

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer (to administrate)

 

 
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Technical Overview for Resource Central
CONCEPT

Resource Central is used for locating a meeting room, and reacting to changes in a resource calendars.

The steps in scheduling a meeting are as follows:

 

  1. A new appointment is made in Outlook. RoomFinder is used to find a meeting room (resource). Whenever a  resource is selected, the resource is added to Outlook appointments list of attendees, setting the Outlook flag for the attendee to resource

  1. If an attendee is flagged as a resource within the invitation, Outlook will automatically try to update the resource calendar,

  1. Whenever the resource calendar is updated, an event is generated triggering the Resource Central Exchange server integration. Information about the event is then posted to the Resource Central web service.

  1. Resource Central web service is handling the event by either sending an e-mail confirmation including a link to an order form or by updating an existing order.