Desk Booking

Desk booking software. Built around your team.

Reserve desks, find teammates, and manage hot desking or assigned seating. Give employees easy booking while admins control access, check-in, and utilization.

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One office day from plan to proof.

Follow the real Tactic workflows employees use to find and book a desk, then see how workplace teams stay in control.

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Built for real workplace policies

Three things desk booking has to get right.

Give employees a simple experience while workplace teams keep the rules, access, and data they need.

01

Check in without the chase

Confirm arrivals automatically or give employees an easy prompt. Unused desks can return to availability so the map stays accurate.

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02

Neighborhoods that keep teams together

Create team zones with the right capacity and amenities. Employees can quickly find a useful place near the coworkers they came in to see.

03

Priority booking when access matters

Give specific teams or roles earlier access to important desks while keeping the rest of the workplace fair and easy to manage.

One live system

Control the rules. Keep booking simple.

Manage flexible and assigned seating, update neighborhoods, change availability, and understand utilization from the same live map.

✓Maps your team can updateChange desks, amenities, and availability without a ticket.
✓Rules in one placeManage assignments, neighborhoods, check-in, and priority access together.
✓Utilization you can act onSee adoption and make better space decisions with current data.
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“Tactic is so much easier to use and way more intuitive than the tool we were using before. Whenever we’ve needed anything, the team has been right there to help.”
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Connected to the tools people use

Desk booking that fits into the workday.

Bring reservations, reminders, and check-in into the calendars and collaboration tools employees already open.

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Google Workspace
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Microsoft Teams
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IDSSO and SCIM
Desk booking questions

The things buyers need to know.

Clear answers to the questions workplace teams ask before they choose a desk booking platform.

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What is desk booking software?

Desk booking software lets employees see open desks and reserve one before they come in. It replaces spreadsheets and first-come seating with a live map, booking rules, and check-in. Tactic connects desk reservations, team schedules, and utilization data in one place.

Will employees need a lot of training?

No. Employees pick a day, see who else is coming in, and reserve a desk from the map in a few clicks. They can also book from Slack, Teams, Outlook, Google Calendar, or the mobile app, so there is very little new to learn.

What is the difference between hot desking and desk hoteling?

Hot desking means people take any open desk on the day, usually without booking far ahead. Desk hoteling means reserving a specific desk in advance for a set day or period. Many hybrid offices use both, and Tactic runs them side by side with assigned desks.

Can employees book desks from Microsoft Teams, Slack, or a phone?

Yes. The Tactic app for Microsoft Teams opens the full interface, including office maps and team schedules. In Slack, people can book, get reminders, and check in from the message. The mobile app for iPhone and Android handles reservations and check-in on the go.

What happens when someone books a desk and doesn't show up?

Admins can turn on automatic cancellation and set how many minutes after the start time someone has to check in. If nobody checks in by then, Tactic cancels the reservation and the desk opens up again. Desk and meeting room check-in rules are set separately.

Does Tactic support recurring desk reservations?

Yes, if your organization allows them. Employees can repeat a reservation, such as every day or weekly on Monday, and choose an end date. Later they can remove a single day, all future days, or the whole series. Admins decide whether recurring bookings are available.

Can a manager book a desk for someone else?

Yes. Admins, schedulers, and team managers can reserve workspaces on behalf of other people, which helps with new hires and planned team days. People with the right permissions can also edit or cancel those reservations from the map or the admin page.

How does Tactic measure desk utilization?

Office Insights compares reservations with check-ins, so you can see where planned use and confirmed arrivals differ. Reports break down desk use by team, office, workspace, day, and week, which helps workplace teams spot busy days and desks that sit empty.

Does Tactic work across multiple offices and floors?

Yes. Employees can filter by building, floor, date, and time to find an open desk wherever they are working that day. Each location can have its own maps, neighborhoods, and booking rules, and reporting can be filtered by office and floor to compare sites.

Does Tactic support SSO and SCIM provisioning?

Yes. Any organization can add SSO, with SAML providers such as Okta, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure), Google, OneLogin, and JumpCloud, plus Google and Microsoft OAuth. SCIM provisioning is supported too, so user accounts can stay in step with your identity provider.

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