Leave “Steps 1 and 2 options unchanged to reply to all of your messages then “Next.”.On the “E-mail Rules” option in the “Rules and Alerts” box select “New Rule.”.If you wish to leave the reply blank, Outlook recommends selecting “My contacts only.” The “anyone outside my organization” option will send your automatic reply to every email.Enter the reply you wish to be sent out whilst your away on the “Inside My Organization” tab.Option 2: Sync MS Outlook Calendar to Skype (Purple Circled-Arrow) Set Up an Out-of-Office With/Without Automatic Reply in Windowsīefore setting up your out-of-office you need to check which type of Outlook account you have since this will depend on the steps you need to follow: From “E-mail Rules” in “Rules and Alerts” locate your rule, then to the left of it check the box and “Ok.”įinally, set your presence to “Active” in Skype:.Note: Whilst you’re away you’ll need to leave Outlook running to send the automatic replies. If you want to start your automatic replies now, leave the “Turn on this rule” option checked then “Finish,” else uncheck the option until you’re ready.Now call your rule something e.g., Out of Office.Add any required exceptions then “Next.”.Click on your template then “Open” > “Next.”.Select “User Templates in File System” from the “Select a Reply Template” option in “Look In.”.Below “Step 2: Edit the rule description” select the highlighted text for a “specific template.”.Below “Step 1: Select action(s) ” then click on “reply using a specific template.”.Click on “Yes” to confirm the rule for all messages.Leave Steps 1 and 2 options unchanged to reply to all of your messages then “Next.”.
To set up an out-of-office automatic reply for a Microsoft Exchange account:
If you’re using a work email, then your account will be Microsoft Exchange.Select “Account Settings” then check the “Type” column:.In Outlook click on “File” > “Account Settings.”.Option1: Sync MS Outlook to Skype for Business (Purple Dot W/Auto-Replies) Set Up an Out-of-Office With Automatic Reply in Windowsīefore setting up your out-of-office with automatic replies you need to check which type of Outlook account you have, since this will depend on the steps you need to follow:
Plus, since the Mac version of Skype for Business currently does not get Outlook calendar information, we’ll show you the steps for a workaround.
First, we’ll go take you through setting an out-of-office with automatic replies in Windows 10 then how to include more information by setting your availability in Skype.