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Last Updated: 17/01/2023 13:14
Technical
Q: Why do we use Outlook Impersonation and why is it mandatory?
A: Please find our motivation here!
Q: We’ve got a load balancer in our network, is this blocking?
A: This could be blocking.
The Outlook Room Booker trigger system from Exchange to the Outlook Room Booker makes use of Streaming notifications. Interference of a loadbalancer or similar solutions can interrupt the stream. Please read the documentation provided by Microsoft carefully.
Q: What are the technical limitations of this scenario?
A: Please find our motivation here!
Q: Which TOPdesk modules are required?
- Action Management
- Property Management
- Reservation Managemet
Functional
Q: Is it difficult to implement?
A: This strongly depends on your organisations quality and maturity’s level, more information can be found here.
Q: Room Only vs Room Only/Person bookings, what’s the difference?
A: We explain it here.
Q: Do we need a processor agreement (GDPR)?
A: Yes, when installed as SaaS you need a processor agreement (we provide our version).
Q: What data is being processed by the ORB?
A: We’ve summarised it here.
Q: Do you support recurring bookings?
A: At this moment we only support recurring bookings from Outlook to TOPdesk. the bookings are being registered as single meetings. If you schedule a recurring booking in TOPdesk, this will not be synchronised to Exchange.
Q: What happens if a conflict occurs?
A: If we find a conflict, we will register this and inform you via our ORB dashboard.
Q: Can you update a meeting with services attached?
A: No, this is not possible. You will receive a mail which will inform you that you will need to update the meeting by hand.
Q: Do you support multi-room bookings?
A: No, (at this moment) we do not support this.
Q: What happens when a scenario occurs which is not supported?
A: We try to inform you as much as possible, besides this we present the (known) unsupported scenarios in our ORB dashboard (exclusions).
Q: We have our own test scripts and procedure, can we use this?
A: Yes, no problem, but you need to follow our guidelines during the implementation proces. This also includes our ORB Test Matrix, this needs to be accepted before you go-live. During the implementation we will provide this to you.
Other
Q: We’ve bought the ORB via TOPdesk and what’s next?
A: A complete list can be found here.