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Central control of outlook signatures

Hi
At the moment, each user is set up with a signature on their own PC.
Layout is like this:
Name
Phone Number
Standard company blurb

The name and phone number change per user, while the blurb stays the same.
Every time a new pc arrives, the signature for all users on that pc must be setup fresh. Is there a way to store the signatures centrally somewhere, so that it loads based on the user profile?

Thanks

Sembee

Nothing that you can do with Outlook.
What I have done in the past is use a tool such as Exclaimer. This can build the signatures on the fly based on information stored in the domain.

Simon.

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gowansa

The best way to do it is to use GPO to run a VBScript that will populate each of the signature files for Plain/Rich Text/HTML from the details stored about each user in Active Directory. It can then copy the files to the PC/Laptop on login. It will require you to select the signature within the Options in Outlook initially however after that you can change the users details in Active Directory and their signature will change the next time they log in.
There are also third party (expensive) options for doing this on the mail server.

Regards,

ormerodrutter

Exchange do not support a centralised signature/disclaimer. You need to do it with VB code, or if you are not familiar with VB you can purchase third party product to fullfil your objective.

Check this link which gives you a list of third party products that embedd a centrailised disclaimer in Exchange.
http://www.msexchange.org/software/Disclaimers/

jdhackett

ASKER

Thanks guys.
gowanse - by GPO, I take it you mean Group Policy?
I'm familiar with VB - is there a sample article anywhere that shows how this is done?

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