Microsoft KB Archive/222229

= OL2000: Error Message "Unable to directly book a resource for this meeting. Would you like to send a meeting request instead?" =

Article ID: 222229

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q222229



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to directly book a meeting with a resource account, you may receive the following error message:

Unable to directly book a resource for this meeting. Would you like to send a meeting request instead?

This message may be followed by another message:

Cannot send this meeting request."

Also, the failed meeting request may remain on the resource account calendar as Tentative.



CAUSE
You do not have sufficient permissions to the resource account.



RESOLUTION
Have the resource owner give you at least Author permissions to the resource account.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
To directly book meetings with a resource account, users must have at lease Author permissions. This grants them the ability to create and read items and files on the resource account, and to modify or delete items and files they create.

Permissions that are not adequate to successfully directly book meetings with a resource account include, Contributor, Reviewer, and Nonediting Author.

To Modify Permissions on the Resource Account

 * 1) Log on to the resource account.
 * 2) Right-click the Calendar folder, and click Properties on the shortcut menu.
 * 3) On the Permissions tab, click to select the user for whom you wish to change permissions.
 * 4) In the Permissions Roles list, click to select at least Author permissions.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB222229

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