Every so often a user goes on holiday without setting up their Out of Office auto replies, and we get a call asking if we can set them up.
This can be done by using Outlook Web Access for Exchange 2007 or Outlook Web App for Exchange 2010.
For Exchange 2007:
- In the Exchange Management Console give you admin account full access permission.
- Log into Outlook Web Access but append the user in questions email address to the url. For example;
https://remote.mycompany.com/owa/firstname.surname@mycompany.com - Enter your admin username and password.
- From the Options menu, select the Out of Office Assistant, and enter the auto reply message and required settings and click Save.
For Exchange 2010:
- In the Exchange Management Console give you admin account full access permission.
- Log into Outlook Web App with your admin username and password.
- You’ll see your username in the top right hand corner of the screen, click the down arrow next to it.
- Enter the username who needs their Out of Office message changing and click Open.
- Click Options – Set Automatic Replies.
- Enter the auto reply message and required settings and click Save.
Thanks man! Works for my Exchange 2013 🙂
thank you!
Works well. Thank you.
Good solution for Exchange 2007
Nowhere this solution was explained but works like a charm via OWA.
Many thanks
PGO
would be nice to know how to do step 1
In the Exchange Management Console give you admin account full access permission.