Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects

Chapter 10. Building a Resource Scheduling Solution

In this chapter, you will create a solution that can be used for scheduling resources. Resources are people, places (meeting rooms), or equipment such as tools, vehicles, and projectors. In environments in which Microsoft Exchange is available, Exchange calendars are the preferred method for this type of scheduling. However, not all organizations have Exchange as an option, so here you’ll build a SharePoint-only solution using features in SharePoint Foundation and the Small Business P1 plan in Office 365.

The solution you’ll build in this chapter is relatively simple, and concepts demonstrated here might also be applied in environments that use Exchange for departments, teams, or scenarios for ...