For years, Thinfinity® has been creating remote access solutions to serve today’s needs in a secure, simple, and flexible way. Thinfinity has taken one step further by integrating Thinfinity® Workspace with a built-in Resource Reservation Scheduler.
This article outlines the main steps involved in setting up the Resource Reservation module and related components from beginning to end.
Table of Content:
- Set up resources to be scheduled.
- How to schedule a resource as an organizer.
- How to schedule a resource as an attendee.
Note: To enable this feature, check you have access to the “Web Manager”.
Set up resources to enable reservation.
First edit the Access Profile by clicking on the “Edit” button:
Next, we select the Resource Reservation option. Click on the dropdown additional settings.
Now, enable “Booked access only” and select the booking access we want to permit. Choose the type of booking we want to provide from three options (“Organizers,” “Attendees,” or both), and save the configuration.
After saving, click on “Commit” to finish. The Access Profile is ready to allow bookings from Organizers and/or Attendees.
How to reserve a resource as an organizer
How to reserve a resource as an organizer
To make a new booking of a resource, click on the calendar icon in the top right corner of the screen.
Then we click on the “New Booking” button to create a new resource reservation:
Next, we will get prompted to select between a single or a group reservation. In this example, we will be creating a group reservation.
Then, we select the resource we want to reserve:
Now, we have to set the date and time frame. We can choose between a one-time or a recurring reservation. For example, we select the “Recurrent” option and assign a recurring date and a time frame.
After setting the date, we need to add attendees to our reservation. We type their usernames and click on the “+ Add” button to do so.
In the last step, we need to give a name to our reservation and click “Next”
We will get a confirmation message at the end of the process.
The Resource Reservation panel shows the scheduled event booked.
How to reserve resource as an attendee
How to reserve resource as an attendee
To make a new booking of a resource as an attendee, first, we click on the calendar icon in the top right corner of the screen:
Click on the “New Booking” button to create a new resource reservation:
Next, we select the resource we need to book:
After that, we choose the time frame:
For the last step, we will give a name to our reservation:
We will get a confirmation message at the end of the process.
The Resource Reservation scheduler shows the scheduled event booked.
Conclusion
With Thinfinity® Workspace‘s built-in Resource Reservation Scheduler, IT admins can provide their end-users with a scheduled resource access capability.
This feature is suitable for use cases such as corporate training, virtual classrooms, and remote learning.
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