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Modifying Auto Reply Configuration for Users in your Organization with Powershell

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Now and then, when your staff go on leave they put out of office auto reply, but in case, some users forget to do so, or can not get back to office at mentioned date in the auto reply message, and send System administrator to modify my out of office out reply, or set auto reply

to get the out of office reply for a user - by Exchange management shell

to enable the Auto reply and schedule  

Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -Identity Rahmat.fedayizada

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DliNWFdfboo/UV_oji-7UgI/AAAAAAAABGg/QSxdD06hYxE/s640/Capture.JPGthe result return with the message the user has set for internal and external 

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to enable the Auto reply and schedule between 07/04/2013 till 08/04/2013

Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -AutoReplyState scheduled -Identity Rahmat.fedayizada -StartTime 07/04/2013 -EndTime 08/04/2013

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to modify the message body for internal users to extend the date from 12th to 18th of Nov

Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -Identity Rahmat.fedayizada -InternalMessage "<html>
                   <body>
                   Hello! Thank you for your message. I’m currently on leave with no access to mail. I will be returning on 18th Nov 2012.
                   </body>
                   </html>"

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 and the same for External Users

Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -Identity rahmat.fedayizada -ExternalMessage "<html>
                   <body>
                   Hello! Thank you for your message. I’m currently on leave with no access to mail. I will be returning on 12th Nov 2012.
                   </body>
                   </html>"
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now the Auto reply has been updated with out logging in to the user account!!