Outlook 2010/2013: Change the display name of the mailbox

When users change their name and their user name and email address have been changed, users sometimes complain that Outlook still displays their old name or email address: The reason for this is as follows: When Outlook 2010/2013 is set up, the user's e-mail address is stored in the Outlook profile. You can therefore change the user name and e-mail address ... Read more

Exchange 2013: MAPIoverHTTP

Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2013 includes a new protocol for communication between Outlook and Exchange: MAPIoverHTTP. So far, MAPIoverHTTP is only supported by Outlook 2013 with SP1 and Exchange 2013 SP1. Therefore How does MAPIoverHTTP work? With Service Pack 1 for Office 2013 and MAPIoverHTTP enabled, Exchange now recognizes 2 protocols to ... Read more

Powershell: Search registry of clients for CAS array and report

I have already shown a tool here that can be used to change the server name in the Outlook profile. For example, from a single server to a CAS array. The tool can be easily executed via a login script, for example. However, the question then arises as to whether all clients have been "caught" and whether the server name has been changed correctly ... Read more

Outlook 2010/2013: Change default reminder for all-day appointments

In Outlook 2013, the default reminder time for all-day appointments is 0.5 days, in Outlook 2010 even 16 hours. This is sometimes "somewhat" unfavorable for appointments on Monday. Unfortunately, there is no direct setting option to adjust the default setting, but it also works quite well with a small macro: Public WithEvents olAppointmentItems As Outlook.Items Private Sub ... Read more

Edit or create Outlook profiles

Outlook profiles can be created and distributed via OCAT and PRF files, which also works quite well, but sometimes it is a bit of a crap shoot. If you "just want to swap" the Exchange server name, you should take a look at RichProfile. The tool is free and makes swapping the server name very easy (also via the command line in ... Read more