Travel and bill payments are automatically added to your calendar, and intelligent reminders help keep you on track. Outlook for Mac. Learn more Outlook for Windows. Learn more Outlook on the web. Learn more Already have an Outlook account? Sign into a home or personal account. Microsoft Outlook with an Office 365 subscription is the. May 15, 2015 Outlook for Mac – Enable and Configure the Out of Office Assistant. The Out of Office feature of Outlook creates an auto-respond rule to notify people that you’re out of the office or unavailable. To enable it, Click Tools, Out of Office. The settings are fairly self explanatory.
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As an IT admin, you may want to provide Outlook for Mac users in your organization with a standard set of preferences in either of the following ways:
The following preferences can be used to simplify account setup for Office 365 mailboxes, help protect company data, and support a streamlined user experience.
These keys are CFPreferences-compatible, which means that it can be set by using enterprise management software for Mac, such as Jamf Pro.
The email address used for Office activation will be added on first launch.
Domain | com.microsoft.office |
Key | OfficeAutoSignIn |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.17 |
Comments | This key also suppresses first run dialogs for other Office apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. |
Set the domain or full email address of Office 365 mailbox to be added on first launch.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | DefaultEmailAddressOrDomain |
Data Type | String |
Possible values | various (example: 'contoso.com') |
Availability | 16.18 |
Comments | The full email address or domain specified will be added in Outlook instead of the Office activation email address. |
Specify one or more domains users are allowed to add in Outlook.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | AllowedEmailDomains |
Data Type | Array of Strings |
Possible values | Various (example: 'contoso.com$') |
Availability | 16.18 |
Comments | Format strings as regular expressions. Does not remove or disconnect accounts already added in Outlook. |
Hide the “Did you know? Outlook supports…” text in the Set Up Your Email success dialog box.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | HideCanAddOtherAccountTypesTipText |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.18 |
Comments | Only hides text. Does not impact ability to add non-corporate mailboxes. |
Prevent users from being able to import archive files (.olm and .pst) and Outlook 2011 for Mac data.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | DisableImport |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.18 |
Comments | Key must be set to true and forced. |
Prevent users from being able to export archive files (.olm).
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | DisableExport |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.18 |
Comments | Key must be set to true and forced. |
Prevent users from adding Skype for Business online meeting details to events.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | DisableSkypeMeeting |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.19 |
Comments | Key must be set to true and forced. |
Prevent users from adding Teams online meeting details to events.
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Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | DisableTeamsMeeting |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.20 |
Comments | Key must be set to true and forced. |
Set default location for weather in calendar view.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | DefaultWeatherLocation |
Data Type | String |
Possible values | Various (example: “Paris, France”) |
Availability | 16.18 |
Comments | Use the format returned by the weather location search within Outlook. |
Prevent users from choosing Update Location Automatically for weather location.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | Weather_update_automatically |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.19 |
Prevent users from viewing local On My Computer folders in the sidebar.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | HideFoldersOnMyComputerRootInFolderList |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.17 |
Comments | Found under Outlook > Preferences > General > Sidebar. |
Set when pictures are automatically downloaded from the Internet for email.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | AutomaticallyDownloadExternalContent |
Data Type | Integer |
Possible values | 0 = Never (default) 1 = In messages from my contacts 2 = In all messages |
Availability | 16.17 |
Comments | Found under Outlook > Preferences > Email > Reading > Security. |
Prevent users from being able to create, edit, and add client-side signatures.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | DisableSignatures |
Data Type | Boolean |
Possible values | false (default) true |
Availability | 16.18 |
Comments | Key must be set to true and forced. |
Set the first day of week in calendar view.
Domain | com.microsoft.Outlook |
Key | CalendarFirstDayOfWeek |
Data Type | Integer |
Possible values | 1 = Sunday (default) 2 = Monday 3= Tuesday 4= Wednesday 5= Thursday 6 = Friday 7 = Saturday |
Availability | 16.19 |
Microsoft Outlook has an out-of-office messages feature that lets you automatically send replies with relevant information when you're on vacation or don't have access to your mail. There are several ways to customize and set Outlook out-of-office replies, based on message senders and date ranges.
Note: This tutorial is for Outlook 2016 for Windows users with either Office 365 Business or Exchange accounts. Outlook's out-of-office messages feature is only available in Office 365 Business and Exchange. However, if you use Outlook with Office 365 Home, Outlook.com, Hotmail or Gmail, you can find an out-of-office 'hack', that's a bit of hassle but gets the job done, on Microsoft's Office support site.
Click the File tab at the top-left corner of the Outlook display.
Click the box to Automatic Replies box to the immediate left of the Automatic Replies (Out of Office) text.
In the Automatic Replies box that appears, click the circle to the left of the Send automatic replies option.
Next, you can create your custom out-of-office reply. In the Inside My Organization box, type your custom message.
If you also want to send out-of-office automatic replies for every message you receive while you're away (including newsletters, spam and everything else) click the Outside My Organization box.
If you simply can't miss a message from your boss — even when you're in tropical paradise and really shouldn't be working — and you prearranged to use an email subject line 'code word' (such as 'IMPORTANT') so the boss can reach you if absolutely necessary, you can create custom Outlook out-of-office message rules to make sure crucial messages get sent to you via a personal mail account, for example.
Click the Rules box in the bottom left corner.
Click the Add rule box.
A new box labeled Edit rule appears, and you should click the From box at the top.
In the drop-down menu beneath Address book choose Contacts.
Click From at the bottom of the box to add your boss's contact to the From field.
Back on the Edit rule page, in the Subject line field, type your 'code word,' in this case: IMPORTANT.
If you want to modify any of your Outlook out of office rules, follow steps No. 1 and No. 2 above but in step No. 3, choose Edit rule instead of Add rule, and then make your changes accordingly
If you didn't set an end date, or you want to disable your auto replies early, clicking the File tab at the top-left corner of the Outlook display. (If you out-of-office messages are enabled, you'll see a yellow box around the Automatic Replies option on the following screen.)
That's just about everything you need to know to master Outlook 2016 for Windows' out-of-office automatic replies. Hopefully you never have to worry about work mail when you're on vacation, but if you do you're now prepared.
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