Publish a Room Calendar as Signage (Exchange 2010)
I have an all-in-one PC mounted on a wall outside our conference room. I want to be able to display the conference room's calendar for each day on this screen.
We have a Windows domain with Exchange 2010. The conference room has a Room account configured on our Exchange system.
Ideally the display outside of the conference room would show ONLY the calendar data for that particular day, auto-fresh as reservations are added/removed by other users (so it is always current), and require no physical interaction.
I can't seem to find a method that would accomplish this that is not overly complicated.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
We have a Windows domain with Exchange 2010. The conference room has a Room account configured on our Exchange system.
Ideally the display outside of the conference room would show ONLY the calendar data for that particular day, auto-fresh as reservations are added/removed by other users (so it is always current), and require no physical interaction.
I can't seem to find a method that would accomplish this that is not overly complicated.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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thanks for the feedback and cracking job on the solution. Got me wondering if i can do the same with some Android tablets...
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The hardware solution that I ended up going with was to use an old iPad 2 and a MacLock secured wall mount ($110 shipped). I mounted a recessed electrical outlet on the wall ($25 for the outlet and cable) behind the MacLock for the charger and configured the iPad to never auto-lock.
The software solution that I found was the iCalendar app (v4.2.1, made by Symfonies). iCalendar allowed me to customize the screen to a 'today' view to indicate the visible time range (8:00am - 5:00pm) and adjust the font size to make the iPad an 'easy read' for users.
With the iPad configured to connect to the conference room's Exchange resource account the display updates in real-time and users can even perform an impromptu booking by simply walking up to the conference room and inputting their reservation directly into the iPad. It ended up being a simple, clean, and affordable solution (since I already had the iPad lying around.)
Thanks!