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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?

Iza Bella
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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!)

Reddy Lutonadio
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I know that I am a bit late, but the other questions like this had already been answered (with outdated answers).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.

  1. Download this zip.
  2. Open Power Automate -> My Flows -> Import -> Import Package. (Image of the menus)
  3. Select the zip you downloaded in step 1.
  4. Click Select during import and select your Outlook account on the right.
  5. If no account appears, click Create new -> New connection -> search Office 365 Outlook, hit create and sign in.
  6. After an account has been selected, click Import.
  7. Wait for the import and click Open flow to edit the flow.
  8. Edit the last step in the flow Set up automatic replies (V2) to your preferences.
BjornGrylls
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