{"id":15596,"date":"2019-06-18T02:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/18\/news-9345\/"},"modified":"2019-06-18T02:30:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T10:30:03","slug":"news-9345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/18\/news-9345\/","title":{"rendered":"Time-Machine Tuesday: Get a room!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

This security pilot fish is a big believer in automated systems. And he\u2019s very impressed when his company moves into new offices where the meeting rooms take the manual labor out of scheduling meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are room wizards outside every door to assist in scheduling,\u201d fish says. \u201cAnd there\u2019s full integration with Microsoft Exchange, so that your meeting information is accurate and timely and always shows the proper room.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of fish\u2019s most important meetings is a committee meeting every month on the day after Patch Tuesday to consider how to handle that batch of Microsoft updates. It\u2019s been a regular meeting for years, and after the move the new scheduling system seems to handle it fine.<\/p>\n

That is, until one Wednesday. The patch committee has just started its work when another group shows up, claiming that it booked the room the day before.<\/p>\n

Fish points out that they must be wrong \u2014 this particular room has been booked for this monthly meeting since the company moved. He checks his phone to verify that the room was booked \u2014 only to fine that Exchange canceled the room on his calendar. And didn\u2019t send a notice. And didn\u2019t cancel it on anyone else\u2019s calendar. Says fish, \u201cAs far as we knew, we were golden!\u201d<\/p>\n

The patch committee quickly packs up and starts looking for a vacant meeting room. After much searching, fish and his cohorts find one and get to work.<\/p>\n

And halfway through their meeting, yet another group shows up to claim the room for their<\/em> meeting.<\/p>\n

It isn’t until later that fish solves the mystery of how the patch committee lost its room the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems Exchange has decided that you cannot book a room more than three months in advance,\u201d fish grumbles. \u201cYou can book the meeting \u2014 you just can\u2019t book the room.<\/em> Ah, the beauty of automation!\u201d<\/p>\n

Beauty is in the eye of Sharky.<\/strong> So send me your true tale of IT life <\/em>at <\/em>sharky@computerworld.com<\/em><\/a>. You can also subscribe to the Daily Shark Newsletter<\/a> and read some great old tales in the Sharkives<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This security pilot fish is a big believer in automated systems. And he\u2019s very impressed when his company moves into new offices where the meeting rooms take the manual labor out of scheduling meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are room wizards outside every door to assist in scheduling,\u201d fish says. \u201cAnd there\u2019s full integration with Microsoft Exchange, so that your meeting information is accurate and timely and always shows the proper room.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of fish\u2019s most important meetings is a committee meeting every month on the day after Patch Tuesday to consider how to handle that batch of Microsoft updates. It\u2019s been a regular meeting for years, and after the move the new scheduling system seems to handle it fine.<\/p>\n

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