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Task: Create Exchange mailbox auto reply
Prerequisites
  • Exchange environment

    • Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016 or Exchange Online

  • Remote access to Exchange server in case of on-premises installation

Description

This task will create an automatic reply for an Exchange mailbox.

Variables

Name

Description

Type

Example

Comment

Administrator username

The Exchange administrator’s username

String

admin@{domain}.onmicrosoft.com

Administrator password

The Exchange administrator’s password

String

Password123!

Exchange Online

Specify whether the installation is Exchange Online or not

Boolean

False

True or False.

Select false in case of on-premises. Select true when using Exchange Online

Exchange url

The url to the on-premises installation of Exchange

String

https://exchangeserver.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/PowerShell

Not necessary when using Exchange Online.

Should always end with /PowerShell/

Timezone

The timezone in which you are located.

String

(UTC+02:00) Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius

Hint: This is in the same format as selected for your HelloID environment.

See the end of this documentation for an overview of all available timezones.

Email address

Specify the email address to set the configuration

String

{user}@{domain}

Optionally an alias or user id can be used in this field.

Internal reply message

The message which will be sent to users within the domain

String

Dear colleague, I’m not available at this time. Best regards, John Doe

Hint: You can use html to format the message

External reply message

The message which will be sent to users outside the domain

String

Dear sir/madam, I’m not available at this time. Yours sincerely, John Doe

Hint: You can use html to format the message

Start time

The date when the out-of-office reply becomes active

String

1/1/2018 9:00:00

Format: M/d/yyyy H:mm:s

Example: 1/1/2018 9:00:00

Wrong example: 0 1/01/2018 09:00

End time

The date when the out-of-office reply becomes inactive

String

12/31/2018 17:00:00

Format: M/d/yyyy H:mm:s

Example: 12/31/2018 17:00:00

Wrong example: 12/31/2018 17:00

Event subject

The subject of the created calendar event

String

Holiday

Optional parameter for Exchange Online environments. When specified, the event is automatically added to the mailbox calendar and lasts from the given start time until the given end time

External audience

Specify whether the out-of-office reply is active for external senders.

Options are:

· All

· Known

· None

String

All

If ‘All’ is specified, the out-of-office reply will be sent to anyone who sent an email to the email address. If ‘Known’ is specified, only people specified in the contact list receive the out-of-office reply.

If ‘None’ is specified, only people within the domain will receive the out-of-office reply

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