Description:

This sample Exchange Server 5.5 scripting agent enables/disables the "Out of Office" assistant of an Exchange Server mailbox if a user creates an appointment item in his/her primary calendar and set the "Show time as:" to "Out of Office". If the appointment includes a message text it will be used as the "Out of Office" assistant message. This is especially useful if you want to automate the task of enabling/disabling the "Out of Office" assistant for each user using simple calendar entries.

Known Issues:

Don't hide the mailbox or the public folder from the Global Address List (GAL), because the Microsoft Exchange Server Scripting and Routing script will fail to run if the mailbox or the public folder is not visible in the GAL.

Microsoft Exchange Server Scripting and Routing scripts are not running synchronously. It can take up to 60 seconds before the script is fired.

Prerequisites:

Make sure that Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 with the Microsoft Event Service is installed and running properly.

Installation:

See script homepage for detailed installation process description.