Is there a way that you can set outlook to send automatic replies if your calendar has an "Out of Office" set in your calendar?
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You can send Out of Office responses by setting it up as described here.
Otherwise the Calendar does not send Out of Office responses. Extract of a query from this question:
Do you know if there is a way that I can send it as a feature request? I've run it by 2 IT guys here and a few friends, and they 100% agree it would be a brilliant addition to Outlook (unless it's just that we don't know how to get it to work!)
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Bummer, that would really help as I always have to setup reminders to turn on my OOO replies. – Iza Bella Dec 19 '19 at 15:57
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I understand but as per above, you cannot. – John Dec 19 '19 at 16:16
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You can only turn on your OOO manually when you are away. – Aidan Dec 20 '19 at 07:29
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Thanks all, appreciate it. – Iza Bella Dec 20 '19 at 08:40
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Now you know the answer, you might consider closing the question. – John Dec 20 '19 at 21:31
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I know that I am a bit late, but the other questions like this had already been answered (with outdated answers).
If you have access to Power Automate, you can create a flow to automate the described process. I cannot share a link to the flow I created, but I can provide a screenshot and all the expressions, so you can create it yourself.
New method where you create the flow yourself
Link to the screenshot of the flow
When an upcoming event is starting soon (V3), that is OoO -> Settings -> Trigger Conditions
@equals(triggerOutputs()?['body/showAs'], 'oof')
Stop if user already OoO
outputs('Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)')?['body/value']?[0]?['automaticReplies/message']
Set up automatic replies (V2)
formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/end'],'dddd, MMMM d')
Old method with the flow exported as zip.
- Download this zip.
- Open Power Automate -> My Flows -> Import -> Import Package. (Image of the menus)
- Select the zip you downloaded in step 1.
- Click Select during import and select your Outlook account on the right.
- If no account appears, click Create new -> New connection -> search Office 365 Outlook, hit create and sign in.
- After an account has been selected, click Import.
- Wait for the import and click Open flow to edit the flow.
- Edit the last step in the flow Set up automatic replies (V2) to your preferences.
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1Welcome to SU, and thanks for your answer! Can you modify the first step to only use downloads from official sources (in this case MS) or replace it with the Power Automate signup process? Random Mediafire downloads should be avoided. Thanks :) – MiG Jul 18 '22 at 14:00