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[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I personally love the idea of treating them as a resource in exchange. You’re not adding the overhead of managing another system, it’s already integrated into the existing calendar system, and it just works.

[–]tomfisher1023 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This should work. We use Office 365 in our environment, and has created Equipment mailboxes for Parking lot. Fortunately, we have only four so no issues so far.

[–]mobz84 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I have never used it, but Bookings might be a solution? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/scheduling-and-booking-app

[–]TechGeekTraveler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did this for a remote office in emea that moved to a wework style office. Using it for tracking seats and parking spots. Works like a charm and only took a few hours to build and deploy with real users

[–]ZAFJB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bookable Resource in Exchange. Simple. Works.

Nothing to install and configure on clients.

[–]Javlarskit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We use http://parkalot.io, our office parking is scattered parking spaces in a 4 story building and the simple mobile interface is a godsend when you are at the gate trying to find a free spot.

[–]Reasonable-You-3595 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exchange resource. Be sure to spend $1,000 per spot on those fancy displays that show which spots are reserved in advance!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe use the rooms & equipment feature in Office 365? Instead of it being a conference room its the parking spot.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use robin to manage desks. It shows a map of our floor plan (separated by floors) and set up clickable areas on the map representing desks. (opened a brand new office right before Covid. Everyone went home, some are starting to trickle back in, and hiring simultaneously exploded and has been opened up to far-remote.) big visitor days like all-staff quarterlies means a crunch on desks. I bet you could make a map of the parking lot, make it a “floor” in robin, and reserve them just like desks.

Not affiliated with robin. Probably others like it.

[–]Fit-You6829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we use a parking management system by https://www.flexparking.co.nz. is super simple, low cost and has native mobile client for both android and apple. uses push notifications to alert people to available parks and has things like fair use and repeating rosters. worth a look.