How to distribute/install a custom Outlook holidays fileautomatically?

[Alan]

Hello,

Happy New Year to all and thanks to everyone who helped me last year.

We have a few thousand Exchange 2003/Outlook 2002 users and need to
distribute/install a custom Outlook holidays file (Outlook.hol) on all
their PCs.

We would prefer to do this automatically, instead of asking the users
to open the Outlook.hol file and follow a procedure. That way we can
be more confident that each client is updated.

Can anyone suggest how to do this, e.g., is there a command line
switch in Outlook to process the file on startup or can the dates be
entered centrally on the Exchange server?

Thanks in advance.

- Alan.

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

You may want to have a look at:

Distributing Company Holidays:
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/holidays.htm#company

I used this form however, I installed it (published) to a public folder. I
called
it the "Company Days Off". This has been very popular since 2003. The
client simply clicks on the public folder that has been set to show an HTML
page with the instructions (Select the ACTION menu above...)
when they select the year they wish to add, they click the button and the
"Company Days Off" are added to their calendar.

This helps everyone to not book a meeting on a day that no one will be at
work. It is also nice for new employees, and rebuilt systems.

Nikki Peterson

 

[Alan]

Thanks Nikki, I'll check that out.

You may want to have a look at:

Distributing Company Holidays:http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/holidays.htm#company

I used this form however, I installed it (published) to a public folder. I
called
it the "Company Days Off". This has been very popular since 2003. The
client simply clicks on the public folder that has been set to show an HTML
page with the instructions (Select the ACTION menu above...)
when they select the year they wish to add, they click the button and the
"Company Days Off" are added to their calendar.

This helps everyone to not book a meeting on a day that no one will be at
work. It is also nice for new employees, and rebuilt systems.

Nikki Peterson