dgore1
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Outlook Profile Auto Creation
I have been trying to find a way to auto generate the creation of Outlook profiles by logging on to a computer rather than visiting a 1000 users individually.
I've looked at newprof, several programs that create profiles on the fly, and many other scripts. But all of them require and use this:
MailboxName=%UserName% they obtain the username from the logon ID of the person accessing the system. This is then sent to profile creation and I get an error. Unable to create profile, profile does not exist.
I check the exchange account, which is exchange server 2003, and noticed we use an alias. So if the user logons on with T111, this is being based to the %UserName%. Not the alias, which is last name, first name.
Thus, none of the profile creation scripts work.
Any ideas, thoughts etc.? I checked and found that the logon accounts are correctly tied to the alias, otherwise you couldn't create the profile in the first place.
Thanks,
Dale
I've looked at newprof, several programs that create profiles on the fly, and many other scripts. But all of them require and use this:
MailboxName=%UserName% they obtain the username from the logon ID of the person accessing the system. This is then sent to profile creation and I get an error. Unable to create profile, profile does not exist.
I check the exchange account, which is exchange server 2003, and noticed we use an alias. So if the user logons on with T111, this is being based to the %UserName%. Not the alias, which is last name, first name.
Thus, none of the profile creation scripts work.
Any ideas, thoughts etc.? I checked and found that the logon accounts are correctly tied to the alias, otherwise you couldn't create the profile in the first place.
Thanks,
Dale
sorry i meant to write first name LAST NAME (not display name)
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Well, in our case, they aren't gonna change it. So, when you write a script that uses %username% the logon id is passed to the profile creation...thus it can't authenticate to exchange.
When I watch the process happen, you can see the value being processed in the profile creation as the logon id, not the alias which is lastname, firstname.
I just need to know if there is another variable that allows me to pass the alias portion.
When I watch the process happen, you can see the value being processed in the profile creation as the logon id, not the alias which is lastname, firstname.
I just need to know if there is another variable that allows me to pass the alias portion.
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a few facts for u .....
when u create a user first name display name and initials....that becomes the
display name which in return becomes the mailbox name....
logon name becomes the ALIAS which also becomes the default email address....
%userName% is tied to user logon name(Alias)....not the mailbox name unless both are trhe same....
so maybe u should use mailboxname=%DisplayName%.