Understand Meeting Capacity, Duration, Buffers, and Entitlement Grace

Explain attendee capacity, session duration, pre/post buffers, and how Plan-controlled access may remain available for a configured period after the scheduled Meeting end.

Capacity

Capacity is the number of attendee seats on a Meeting Time. Confirmed bookings and active/protected checkout holds consume available capacity. For the built-in Meeting Room provider, QCMM applies the provider's supported attendee ceiling; the Host does not consume an attendee seat.

Duration and Buffers

Duration defines the scheduled Meeting itself. Pre-buffer and post-buffer extend the Host-conflict window around that Meeting. Availability generation also uses the buffers when spacing appointments, so back-to-back Meeting Times are not created inside protected Host time.

Booked Capacity Safety

Normal direct edits are blocked once purchased or payment-protected inventory exists. A future booked Meeting Time has a dedicated capacity-increase operation, but capacity cannot be reduced below its current value or confirmed attendee count.

Entitlement Grace

A Scheduling-enabled Plan can keep Plan-controlled entitlement active after the scheduled Meeting ends. The administrator sets this as Hours or Days; QCMM stores the value in minutes, with 0 Hours meaning access ends at the Meeting end. When a booking is finalized or rescheduled, the subscription end is recalculated from the authoritative Meeting end plus this grace period.

Community Discussion

Want to compare scheduling workflows or share practical QCMM tips? Visit the QC Memberships & Meetings Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific entitlement or billing problems, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.