Meeting Room October update

After launching my Meeting Room app I have received tons of feedback ranging from thank you’ s to feature requests. Unfortunately there were still quite a number of users that couldn’t get the app to work even though they met the only requirement: an Exchange 2010 server. Their help and inputs form the basis for this October update. In addition to fixes and specific help massage the biggest improvement is in the error logging during server configuration. Should anything go wrong during the configuration of the exchange server the error is captured and can be directly mailed for support. Hopefully all the improvements we made make this feature obsolete but at least it’s much easier now to ask for help.

Focus for the next release of Meeting Room is on adding new features. So if you have any please feel free to use the in app feedback options (found in the about menu) to submit your idea’s.

Key features of this release are:

·        Enhanced performance. The tiles in the initial screen now only refresh when something has changed (instead of every time the user navigates to the page)

·        Mango compatibility, including support for task switching.

·        Support for Office 365, including instructions on how to configure the app.

·        Improved diagnostic information when trying to configure the server

o   Also includes the ability to send an email with the complete details of the error as well as some basic server information. Field-testing has shown that with this info it’s possible to resolve 66% of all problems

·        Better error information and guidance for common problems like exceeding the amount of paired devices per account

·        Microsoft Ad control integration. (the previous Ad control made me $2,54 in 4 months, I’m curious to see if this one fairs better)

Meeting room updated

I’ve submitted and update of my meeting room app today. It includes one new feature and a ton of bug fixes here’s an incomplete list:

·         Added the ability to specify the name of a meeting

·         On the home screen changed the text when a room is either busy or free for more than an hour

·         Updated the status for unknown availability from NoData to Unknown

·         Fixed a bug that caused meetings to be scheduled at different time than selected by the user

·         Added a more descriptive error message  when trying to connect to an Exchange 2003 or 2007 server.(Unfortunately prior to Exchange 2010 the command for retrieving availability was not supported and there is little we can do to fix that in this app)

·         Much much more

Introducing Meeting Room

Don’t you hate it when you’re not able to find an available meeting room to take that call. Or being kicked out of a room that seemed available only a few minutes ago? For circumstances like this I created the meeting room app. Now you can find available rooms on your exchange server and book them right from you smart phone without having to even boot a computer.

In addition to just being useful to individual phone owners it also supports a kiosk mode. In this mode it doesn’t lock allowing you to affix it to the meeting room itself. That way anyone can check availability and make a booking just by walking up to the room

You can download the app here: zune://navigate/?appID=89107b5a-bf36-4b6f-b980-a1710a77b16c

(please note: the current version only supports Exchange 2010)

Here’s a few screenshots: