{"id":1245,"date":"2013-04-04T22:57:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T22:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2013-04-04T22:57:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T22:57:26","slug":"show-full-freebusy-details-for-exchange-server-2010-room-and-resource-mailboxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1245","title":{"rendered":"Show Full Free\/Busy Details for Exchange Server 2010 Room and Resource Mailboxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I configure the Room mailbox to show more details about existing meetings in the free\/busy information that is revealed to other users on the network?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Consider the scenario where a room is booked, and perhaps another person wants to contact existing meeting organizers to ask if they can remove a booking to make room for a more important one, but the free\/busy information (as seen in the Outlook Scheduling Assistant) doesn\u2019t indicate who made the bookings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-01.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is caused by the default permissions on the mailbox\u2019s calendar. These default permissions are set to show only the availability information (eg free, busy, tentative) but not any other details.<\/p>\n<p>In the calendar permissions (if you were modifying them via Outlook) it would look like this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-1.jpg\" width=\"391\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If viewed in the shell it with\u00a0Get-MailboxFolderPermission\u00a0it would appear like this.<\/p>\n<pre>[PS] C:\\&gt;Get-MailboxFolderPermission homeetingroom1:\\Calendar\r\n\r\nRunspaceId   : 8706cde4-2cb5-4519-9a46-a46fcc0c450c\r\nFolderName   : Calendar\r\nUser         : Default\r\nAccessRights : {AvailabilityOnly}\r\nIdentity     : Default\r\nIsValid      : True<\/pre>\n<p>If you modified the permissions using Outlook the new permission level of Reviewer would allow other users to see more details about existing meetings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-2.jpg\" width=\"395\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can apply that same permission in the Exchange Management Shell using the\u00a0Set-MailboxFolderPermission\u00a0cmdlet (note: Set-MailboxFolderPermission modifies an existing entry, whereas\u00a0Add-MailboxFolderPermission\u00a0would be used to add a new entry to the permissions).<\/p>\n<pre>Set-MailboxFolderPermission homeetingroom1:\\Calendar -User Default -AccessRights Reviewer<\/pre>\n<p>The results can be seen in the Get-MailboxFolderPermission output.<\/p>\n<pre>[PS] C:\\&gt;Get-MailboxFolderPermission homeetingroom1:\\Calendar\r\n\r\nRunspaceId   : 8706cde4-2cb5-4519-9a46-a46fcc0c450c\r\nFolderName   : Calendar\r\nUser         : Default\r\nAccessRights : {Reviewer}\r\nIdentity     : Default\r\nIsValid      : True\r\n\r\nRunspaceId   : 8706cde4-2cb5-4519-9a46-a46fcc0c450c\r\nFolderName   : Calendar\r\nUser         : Anonymous\r\nAccessRights : {None}\r\nIdentity     : Anonymous\r\nIsValid      : True<\/pre>\n<p>When creating a new meeting request users are now able to see more details about the meeting organizer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/exchange-room-mailbox-free-busy-3.jpg\" width=\"285\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can modify all the default permissions on Room mailboxes with the following commands in the Exchange Management Shell.<\/p>\n<pre>[PS] C:\\&gt;$rooms = Get-Mailbox -RecipientTypeDetails RoomMailbox\r\n[PS] C:\\&gt;$rooms | %{Set-MailboxFolderPermission $_\":\\Calendar\" -User Default -AccessRights Reviewer}\r\n\r\n\r\nthanks,\r\nMS Geek<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I configure the Room mailbox to show more details about existing meetings in the free\/busy information that is revealed to other users on the network? 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