Recently I released version 4.0 of the OOOCTA, which was a complete re-write of version 3.5 which some years ago (which is now no longer supported). I have had some really great feedback from readers of the site which I have decided to roll up into a .1 incremental release from version 4.0. Specific enhancements […]
A long time ago (in a Galaxy far, far away) I released a tool for Exchange 2007 called the OOOCTA. In essence the OOOCTA allowed for administrators to delegate (via a web interface) the configuration and reporting of Out of Office. To be honest, this tool was a little … clunky. Don’t get me wrong […]
As the Boom Town Rats (and Sir Bob) said, I don’t like Mondays. Some of you lucky folks don’t have to work on a Monday (or indeed some other days of the week) – so are you tired of setting your Out of Office the night before you are not in the office on a […]
Script Description This Powershell script is a sample which is attached to this article. The script performs the following functions: Is executed from the Exchange Management Shell Accepts a single mandatory parameter – 1) ReportFile Reports on the OOF status for each user in your organisation to a text file Download [ GetOOFExchange2010.ps1 – 1KB […]
Script Description This Powershell script is a sample which is attached to this article. The script performs the following functions: Is executed from the Exchange Management Shell Accepts two mandatory parameters – 1) Mailbox Name 2) Text file with OOF Messages Sets the Internal and External OOF Messages according to the text file Accepts two […]
In between some of the other stuff that I have been working on; I have also been thinking about the future of the OOOCTA tool. Currently OOOCTA supports both Exchange 2007 SP 1 (and above) as well as Exchange 2010, however the underling code infrastructure is a little complicated to say the least in order […]
The Out of Office Configuration Tool Assistant (OOOCTA) was released over 6 months ago and is one of my most favourite tools that I have written, however I accept that it can be a little difficult to setup and get working particularly as there are so many diverse environments out there. Given the above I […]
NOTE: this post has been re-published due to issues found with the original binary installer for patch 2. This version has been tested with Exchange 2010 and uses a modified setup. This patch release is designed to fix an issued that has been identified in OOOCTA 3.5 (both the RTM and Patch 1) in regard […]
I know that this is about three months late – but as well as Patch 1 for OOOCTA, today I am pleased to announce the release of the OOOCTA 35 (including 3.5.1) User’s guide. I have published the guide both below and on the download link for OOOCTA 3.5. [ OOOCTA 35 – Users Guide […]
Today I have released a slightly ahead of schedule “Patch Release 1” for the OOOCTA 3.5 Out of Office configuration tool. I say that it is ahead of schedule, as I have had some feedback from members of the user community about a couple of bugs which, although whilst not serious – do impede the […]
Overview This utility can be installed on your Exchange server and then used by administrators to set the Out of Office Status for users in their organization without having to log into the destination mailbox. You can also configure an alternative recipient from within the tools interface – this version replaces all previous versions. […]
Brief Description NOTE: There are updates to this application in the download section below – 2/11/11 Application Download for the OOOCTA 3.5 (Out of Office Configuration Tool Assistant). Please note that there is now a support post (detailed in the Support Section at the bottom of this page) – which contains support updates to […]
Further to my recent article about OOF (or OOO) functionality not working in Exchange 2007 – I have found out another little nugget of truth which might be of use to you all. As my previous article explains I had a problem with Exchange 2007 OOO messages being synchronised and indeed not being sent within […]
This is a post about some things that has been driving me crazy in one of my production environments (which is in Interop Mode) for a very long time. Essentially the problem that I was having is very similar to a number of well documented problems on the Internet which relate to the Exchange 2007 […]
