Is there an easy way of populating client setup?

[Chopsy]

Does anyone know of an easy way of automatically populating the client setup fields when a user logs in to a PC for the first time (i.e. when creating the mail profile on a client PC, having a default value for the Exchange server and mailbx)

I'd like to avoid the issue where users try this themselves and dont know the values so create an incorrect profile. All users at a particular site use the same server, and 99% of mailbox names are identical to user names. If I could somehow apply a policy that set a default value for the correct server name and defaulted to using the logged in domain account as the mailbox name, that would save a lot of hassle.

Any ideas on how to do this, or another solution to the problem?

 

[TweakMYbox]

I know exactly what your trying to accomplish. Check this link out, it should point you in the right direction:

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/defaultacct.htm

Mike Fegan
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[Chopsy]

I've been doing a bit more digging since I posted, and had come across the notes on prf files. I've created one, which seems to work on a one off basis, but what is the best way to deploy this? I had hoped that if I ran it on each machine once, it would store the info for any subsequent user. Obviously not the case, you need to run each time for each user. I don't want to put in the login script, as it prompts the user with a warning about writing profile info. This is only likely to confuse new users.

 

[markdmac]

This might help you a little: faq96-4996

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

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[58sniper]

Creating a maintenance release with the Office Resource Kit will solve this.

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[xmsre]

Download the Outlook Deployment Kit (ODK) for the version of Outlook installed at your site, and you'll get the tools you need to push the configuration.