The shape of the product
Booking Planner is a SharePoint Framework web part for visual desk and meeting room booking. The booking surface is a real floor plan with desks and rooms drawn where they actually sit, plus a list view for users who prefer to scan. Availability is colour-coded in four states, time slots are three (Morning, Afternoon, Full Day), and the maximum advance window is three months. The same plan renders inside SharePoint pages, a Teams tab, the Outlook personal app, and the Microsoft 365 home pane.
Around the booking flow sit the workflows that pull the rest of the workplace through it. Catering and AV requests land inside the room booking dialog with status tracking. Reception staff and Executive Assistants book on behalf of others through Azure AD-backed roles. On-behalf bookings can route through a shared M365 Group calendar so the team that made the booking can see them all in one place. External attendees from an Outlook calendar invite can be pre-registered as visitors, checked in at reception, and announced to their host via a Teams card.
Built by JFDI Consulting
Booking Planner is built and supported by JFDI Consulting Ltd, a Microsoft 365 software and consultancy house that has been operating since 2001. JFDI is a Microsoft Certified Partner and Applications Chartered Member, with two decades of platform expertise across SharePoint Server, SharePoint Online, the SharePoint Framework, Microsoft 365, Azure, and adjacent ecosystems.
Microsoft Certified
Microsoft Certified Partner and Applications Chartered Member with over two decades of platform expertise.
Founded in 2001
Founded by Jon Silver and Joel Jeffery. JFDI provides full-service consultancy, R&D, and software development to SMEs and corporates.
Microsoft 365 experts
Implementation, development, and administration across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
Cyber Essentials Plus
Awarded Cyber Essentials Plus for the third consecutive year.
The productised version of bespoke booking work
JFDI has been building booking platforms for clients for years. Booking Planner is the distillation of that work into a product anyone can install: the visual floor plan, the real-time availability, the QR check-in, and the admin tools that facilities teams kept asking us to build. If you are interested in the bespoke road that led here, the long-running case study at jfdi.info is a good place to start.
Where we are
Booking Planner is in pre-launch evaluation. The full Free, Standard, and Enterprise feature surface is available to pilot customers, and the Microsoft Marketplace listing is in preparation. Tier enforcement will be enforced when the licensing flow lights up alongside the Marketplace listing; until then, evaluations and pilots carry the full Enterprise surface during their trial. See the Updates page for the running record.
How we approach products
We conduct our business ethically, human to human
We are selective about our clients and their business activities
We always look after our clients’ and employees’ best interests
JFDI was founded on strong values that have evolved into a driving philosophy. We passionately support local and global efforts to improve our treatment of the planet and each other.
What’s inside the web part
Ready to put your office on a floor plan?
Booking Planner is coming to the Microsoft commercial marketplace. Pilot today with the full Enterprise surface; install on your tenant when the listing goes live.