The following two scripts have been developed as part of a solution to implement an compliant OOF conifguration.
The scripts are supposed to be executed in order.
- Remove-OOFRule.ps1
Find and delete any existing OOF rules in user mailboxes. This script is supposed to be executed once in preperation for the Set-ExternalOOF.ps1 script.
- Set-ExternalOOF.ps1
Allow External OOF only for members of a dedicated security group. This script is supposed to executed as a scheduled task.
This script searches for OOF rules created by users using the Outlook rule-tab in the OOF assistant and delete exisiting rules.
In preparation to configure Out-Of-Office (OFF) settings for users, any existing rule needs to be deleted.
The script will use either an exisiting Exchange Server EWS library or the Managed EWS library installed using the default file path.
- Exchange Management Shell (EMS) 2013+
- GlobalFunctions library as described here: http://scripts.granikos.eu
- Locally installed Exchange Web Services (EWS) Library: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42951
User mailbox alias, when removing OOF rule from a single mailbox
Switch to finally delete any exisiting OOF rules in the user mailbox
Switch to write each processed mailbox to log file. Using this swith will blow up your log file.
.\Remove-OOFRuleFind any existing OOF rule and write results to log file
.\Remove-OOFRule -Mailbox SomeUser@varunagroup.de -DeleteFind and delete any existing OOF rules for user SomeUser@varunagroup.de and write delete actions to log file
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Set mailbox ExternalOofOptions to External for members of a dedicated security group.
This script sets the mailbox ExternalOofOptions to 'External' for members of a given security group. ExternalOofOptions for users that are NOT a member of the security group will be set to 'InternalOnly'. Controlling the ExternalOofOptions has been implemented follow compliance rules.
- Exchange Management Shell (EMS) 2013+
- GlobalFunctions library as described here: http://scripts.granikos.eu
Defines the Active Directory security group which holds the users allowed for external OOF. If user is part of the group ExternalOofOptions would be set to 'External'
OU for filtering user objects
Switch to control, if ExternalOofOptions rights should be removed
.\Set-ExternalOOF.ps1Run script with default settings
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