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 […]
Tag: Out of Office
OOOCTA (Out of Office Configuration Assistant) – Version 4.0
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 […]
I don’t like Mondays (tell me why), I don’t like Mondaaays–get your Out of Office set automatically if you don’t work on a specific day…
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 […]
Exchange 2010–Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration Sample Script
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 […]
Exchange 2010–Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration sample script
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 […]
Exchange 2010 Out of Office Fun with Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration…
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 […]
Troubleshooting Tips when running OOOCTA 3.5
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 […]
OOOCTA 3.5.2–Patch Release 2– Round 2…
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 […]
OOOCTA35 (3.5.1) – User Guide Released
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 […]
OOOCTA 3.5.1–Patch Release 1…
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 […]