General
Customers using Workplace or an external calendar application like Outlook or Google Calendar create meetings every day, to reserve their (favorite) meeting rooms or workplaces beforehand. If customers use both Workplace and a calendar application it is very important that reservations/bookings/meetings reflect the same on both sides. With the calendar integration for Workplace, it is possible to sync reservations created from a Workplace touchpoint (Workplace App, Go, Room display, etc.) to the external calendar application and visa versa.
Some screenshots below are from Exchange/Outlook, but the calendar integration sync can also be configured with Google Calendar.
Sync bookings with Outlook/Google Calendar
Connect room mailboxes to reservable resources in Workplace and have meetings synced across both platforms.
Synced across all devices
Monitor both calendars and automatically synchronizes any booking made, edited or deleted, enabling users to make bookings using any Spacewell touchpoint like kiosk, app or room display.
Keep your trusted environment
The calendar integration has no impact on your existing calendars, so users who prefer to remain in Microsoft Outlook/Google Calendar won’t even notice the difference.
Touchpoints for convenience
With everything in sync, users can enjoy their preferred touchpoints whenever and wherever they are, which will positively impact the user experience.
User Story
As a user of Spacewell's Workplace software, I want the reservation module to seamlessly sync with my Outlook/Google Calendar, enabling room-centric synchronization of single and recurring reservations, both single and multi-room scenario’s. This will ensure that our users can efficiently manage and book meeting rooms in either Outlook/Google Calendar or from Spacewell Workplace apps, while maintaining up-to-date availability.
When an employee makes a reservation through Outlook/Google Calendar, the integration ensures that the reservation details are accurately reflected in all relevant Spacewell Workplace touchpoints. Similarly, when a reservation is made through one of the Spacewell Workplace touchpoints, the integration synchronizes the reservation to Outlook/Google Calendar, keeping both systems up-to-date.
What is synced back-and-forth?
Subject
Start Date & time
End Date & time
Organizer email address
Required participants (email address)
Optional participants (email address)
Recurrence
Subject
Start date & time
End date & time
Responsible (Organizer email address)
Reservation Lines (reserved room)
Participants (only via web portal)
Recurrence
Room-centric vs user-centric
The integration between Workplace and the external calendar application (Outlook/Google) works in a room-centric way. Another variant is user-centric. What is the difference? How does it work? More information can be found here: Room-centric calendar integration with Workplace