Set Out of Office for Mailboxes in Exchange 2013

Details

Want to set an out of office reply for an account in Exchange 2013? Here's how:

GET

To get the current settings:

Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration foo.user

SET

To set the Out of Office reply:

Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration foo.user -AutoReplyState Scheduled `
-StartTime “10/14/2019” -EndTime “12/15/2019” `
-ExternalMessage “Type External automatic reply here” `
-InternalMessage “Type External automatic reply here”

EXAMPLE

It can be tough to set escpecially if you have double-quotes. The backtick when used at the end of the line is used to join to the next line. Also, the backtick is used to escape the double-quote. Example for escaping quotes:

Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration foo.user –AutoReplyState Scheduled `
-StartTime “10/14/2019” -EndTime “12/15/2019” `
–ExternalMessage “

Hello,

I'm out of office due to sudden medical leave. Please contact Other User (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Other User2 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) in my absence. I will have limited email access.

Thank you.
” `
-InternalMessage “
Hello,

I'm out of office due to sudden medical leave. Please contact Other User (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Other User2 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) in my absence. I will have limited email access.

Thank you.
”

NOTES:

-https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/mailboxes/set-mailboxautoreplyconfiguration?view=exchange-ps

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