To view the MailboxAutoReply configuration of a particular user, use the following command:
Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration jeff
RunspaceId : 42d921ae-4179-4fa2-b47a-60197a20b1aeNotice that the OOF above has an AutoReplyState of Scheduled, meaning that it the user has scheduled their OOF to turn on and/or turn off at a certain time. Valid values are Disabled (off), Enabled (on), and Scheduled.
AutoReplyState : Scheduled
EndTime : 9/19/2010 11:30:00 PM
ExternalAudience : All
ExternalMessage : <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft- ... </html>
InternalMessage : <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft- ... </html>
StartTime : 9/17/2010 6:00:00 AM
MailboxOwnerId : expta.com/Users/Jeff Guillet
Identity : expta.com/Users/Jeff Guillet
IsValid : True
ExternalAudience determines who gets the OOF message and can be either All, Known (users inside the organization), or Unknown (users outside the organization).
The ExternalMessage and InternalMessage properties hold the actual OOF messages in HTML format. These can be quite long and difficult to read from the cmdlet due to all the HTML formatting.
The following one-liner will display all users in the org whose OOF is not disabled:
Get-Mailbox | Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration | Where {$_.AutoReplyState -ne 'Disabled'} | ft MailboxOwnerId,AutoReplyState,StartTime,EndTimeThis command will disable a user's OOF:
Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration jeff -AutoReplyState DisabledAnd this command will enable a user's OOF and schedule it to end automatically:
Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration jeff -AutoReplyState Scheduled -EndTime "09/20/2010 06:00"
If you want to change a user's OOF message, you need to export the ExternalMessage or InternalMessage, edit it in your favorite HTML editor, and import the new message back in. Here's how you do that:
$x = Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration jeffEdit the HTML in the exported oof.txt file, and then run the following commands to import it:
$x.ExternalMessage | Out-File oof.txt
$oof = Get-Content oof.txt. . .
Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration jeff -ExternalMessage $oof
If a user has rights to manage another user using the Exchange Control Panel, they can also configure the OOF for that user using ECP inside Outlook Web App (OWA).
From OWA, click All Options to open ECP. Then manage the other user, like this:
Select the user to manage and click Tell people you're on vacation on the Account menu. Then configure the OOF message(s) as needed. Don't forget to save the new configuration.
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In case you're wondering, OOF actually stands for "out of facility". OOF was a command used in the days of Microsoft’s Xenix mail system.
Any chance to "reset" the OOF so a daily message can be send
ReplyDelete- get all users with oof = scheduled or enabled
- disable the oof for tem
- reset to the state oof head before disabling it
So there should be a daily oof-message
But I have no idea how to do this in a PS scrict ?!?
Appreciating your help ... Mi.Ke.